Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the followed participants without diabetes in the 6-year follow-up cohort in Beijing and Shanghai, China, 2005–2011.
| Men | Women | P value | |
| n | 802 | 1110 | |
| Age (years) | 58.3 (5.9) | 57.9 (6.0) | 0.159 |
| Hypertension (n, %) | 397 (49.5) | 563 (50.7) | 0.599 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.0 (3.3) | 24.5 (3.6) | 0.002 |
| Waist circumference | 84.8 (10.5) | 81.5 (10.1) | <0.001 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.914 (0.068) | 0.867 (0.070) | <0.001 |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) | 5.38 (0.56) | 5.30 (0.54) | 0.003 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.62 (0.36) | 5.69 (0.36) | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L)a | 1.04 (0.99, 1.08) | 1.10 (1.07, 1.14) | 0.032 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.24 (0.34) | 1.34 (0.32) | <0.001 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 3.00 (0.89) | 3.32 (0.93) | <0.001 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.42 (0.90) | 4.76 (0.93) | <0.001 |
| C-reactive protein (mmol/L)a | 0.64 (0.59, 0.69) | 0.62 (0.58, 067) | 0.636 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.
Data are adjusted means (standard deviation) unless specified. aValues are geometric means (95% confidence interval). Chi-square tests were used to compare categorical variables and t-tests were used to compare continuous variables.