Table 3. Characteristics of adults who did and did not develop type 2 diabetes at the time of the last health examination according to body mass index trajectory patterns.
| Developed diabetes | Diabetes not developed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low BMI | Medium BMI | High BMI | Low BMI | Medium BMI | High BMI | |
| Number of participants | 728 (38.5) | 898 (47.5) | 266 (14.1) | 7,887 (35.7) | 10,924 (49.5) | 3,275 (14.8) |
| Age, year | 53.1 ± 7.0 | 51.5 ± 7.2 | 46.9 ± 7.1 | 51.9 ± 7.6 | 52.8 ± 7.4 | 51.6 ± 7.2 |
| Sex, % men | 684 (94.0) | 845 (94.1) | 245 (92.1) | 6,346 (80.5) | 10,082 (92.3) | 2,988 (91.2) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 22.4 ± 1.9 | 26.8 ± 1.7 | 33.1 ± 3.1 | 20.5 ± 1.5 | 24.1 ± 1.4 | 28.6 ± 2.5 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index.
Data are shown as mean ± SD for continuous variables and number (percentage) for categorical variables.