Table 2.

Diabetes risk factors by low and high risk for prediabetes.

	Low risk		High risk
Diabetes risk factors	(n = 184)		(n = 268)		P value
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Baby weigh more than 9 pounds at birth∗					0.354
No	156	88.1	249	86.5
Yes	21	11.9	39	13.5
Sister or brother with diabetes					0.002
No	153	79.3	210	66.9
Yes	40	20.7	104	33.1
Parent with diabetes					0.106
No	122	62.9	178	56.9
Yes	72	37.1	135	43.1
Weight is more than listed for height					<0.001
No	103	56.6	60	19.5
Yes	79	43.4	247	80.5
Less than 65 years and get little exercise/day					<0.001
No	177	94.7	188	60.1
Yes	10	5.3	125	39.9
45–64 years of age					<0.001
No	145	71.4	168	51.5
Yes	58	28.6	158	48.5
65 years or older					<0.001
No	203	100.0	194	59.1
Yes	—	0.0	134	40.9
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Mean diabetes risk score	4.15	2.46	12.35	2.78	<0.001
Mean A1c	5.6	0.41	5.9	0.85	<0.001

Note: low risk for diabetes is defined by risk score < 9; high risk for prediabetes is defined by risk score ≥ 9.

^∗Only females were selected for this analysis.