Table 4. Relationship between serum albumin change and BMI change.
|
BMI change group |
Albumin change (%) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident prediabetes(-) | Incident prediabetes (+) | |||
|
Baseline BMI < 25 (n = 8,161) |
decreasing BMI (n = 2,595) | 4.52 ± 6.20 | 0.56 ± 6.30 | < 0.001 |
| unchanged BMI (n = 2,711) | 4.57 ± 6.12 | 1.74 ± 6.22 | < 0.001 | |
| increasing BMI (n = 2,855) | 5.28 ± 6.36 | 2.29 ± 6.38 | < 0.001 | |
| p value | 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
|
Baseline BMI ≥ 25 (n = 1,646) |
decreasing BMI (n = 672) | 3.89 ± 5.53 | 0.28 ± 5.99 | < 0.001 |
| unchanged BMI (n = 567) | 4.46 ± 6.15 | 1.20 ± 6.22 | < 0.001 | |
| increasing BMI (n = 407) | 5.04 ± 5.59 | 2.03 ± 6.37 | 0.001 | |
| p value | 0.140 | 0.006 | ||
Decreasing BMI: First tertiles of BMI percent change in total subjects (−24.07 − −1.33%). Unchanged BMI: Second tertiles of BMI percent change in total subjects (-1.32–1.70%). Increasing BMI: Third tertiles of BMI percent change in total subjects (1.71–25.60%).