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. 2013 Feb 13;4(3):261–268. doi: 10.1111/jdi.12033

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the 3,517 participants according to family history of diabetes.

  No family history Family history P‐valuea
n 2,887 630  
Women (%) 41.7 43.9 0.303
Age (years) 46.3 ± 6.1 45.8 ± 6.0 0.051
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.0 ± 3.1 22.9 ± 3.1 0.634
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) 91.1 ± 9.2 91.7 ± 9.4 0.121
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 5.3 ± 0.3 5.4 ± 0.4 0.078
Fasting insulin (μU/mL) 4.9 (3.0–7.0) 4.9 (3.3–7.0) 0.915
HOMA‐IR 1.05 (0.70–1.60) 1.06 (0.70–1.60) 0.688
HOMA‐B 66.6 (46.5–94.7) 65.0 (45.0–94.7) 0.344
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 207.9 ± 33.4 207.1 ± 33.3 0.592
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 85.9 (56.0–126.0) 88.5 (58.0–128.0) 0.248
HDL‐cholesterol (mg/dL) 62.4 ± 15.1 62.4 ± 16.5 0.993
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 117.7 ± 18.8 116.3 ± 17.0 0.087
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 74.8 ± 13.4 73.9 ± 12.2 0.135
Total energy intake (kcal/day) 2,048 ± 600 2,036 ± 613 0.632
Smoking status (%) 0.084
Never smoker 56.8 52.0  
Ex‐smoker 8.6 9.5  
Current smoker 34.6 38.5  
Alcohol consumption 0.340
Never 31.9 35.1  
Occasional 14.9 15.3  
Consumption <20 g/day 26.9 26.1  
Consumption ≥20 g/day 26.3 23.5  
Habitual exercise – yes (%) 24.0 27.0 0.113
Presence of metabolic abnormalities (%)  
High fasting plasma glucose 3.9 4.6 0.451
Hypertension 29.3 26.2 0.118
Dyslipidemia 24.4 25.3 0.666
Hypercholesterolemia 37.6 34.0 0.089
Occupational class (%) 0.038
Non‐manual workers 25.4 29.4  
Manual workers 74.6 70.6  

Data are presented as n, mean ± standard deviation, geometric mean (interquartile range) or %.

a

P‐value for Student's t‐test for continuous variables and χ2‐test for categorical variables.