Table 1.
Characteristics of elderly individuals with pre-diabetes
| Characteristics | Overall (n=434) |
Physically active | P value | |
| Yes (n=182) | No (n=252) | |||
| Age (years) | 69.4±6.4 | 68.8±6.1 | 69.7±6.8 | 0.182 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 180 (41.5) | 84 (46.2) | 96 (38.1) | 0.093 |
| Female | 254 (58.5) | 98 (53.8) | 156 (61.9) | |
| Education | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 81 (18.7) | 30 (16.5) | 51 (20.2) | 0.597 |
| 1–6 years | 272 (62.6) | 118 (64.8) | 154 (61.1) | |
| 6 years and above | 81 (18.7) | 34 (18.7) | 47 (18.7) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 312 (71.9) | 128 (70.3) | 184 (73.4) | 0.480 |
| Non-married | 122 (28.1) | 54 (29.7) | 68 (26.6) | |
| History of hyperglycaemia | ||||
| Yes | 28 (6.5) | 16 (8.8) | 12 (4.8) | 0.092 |
| No | 406 (93.5) | 166 (91.2) | 240 (95.2) | |
| Family history of diabetes | ||||
| Yes | 36 (8.3) | 15 (8.2) | 21 (8.3) | 0.973 |
| No | 398 (91.7) | 167 (91.8) | 231 (91.7) | |
| Have other chronic disease | ||||
| Yes | 176 (40.6) | 63 (34.6) | 113 (44.8) | 0.032 |
| No | 258 (59.4) | 119 (65.4) | 139 (55.2) | |
| Smoking | ||||
| Yes | 237 (54.6) | 92 (50.5) | 145 (57.5) | 0.149 |
| No | 197 (45.4) | 90 (49.5) | 107 (42.5) | |
| Alcohol drinking | ||||
| Yes | 98 (22.6) | 45 (24.7) | 53 (21.0) | 0.364 |
| No | 336 (77.4) | 137 (75.3) | 199 (79.0) | |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.7±3.6 | 23.2±3.8 | 24.1±3.5 | 0.013 |
| Blood pressure (mm Hg) | ||||
| Systolic BP | 130.3±19.0 | 130.2±19.6 | 130.4±18.2 | 0.920 |
| Diastolic BP | 83.7±10.8 | 83.3±9.9 | 84.1±11.9 | 0.448 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 84.9±9.4 | 83.9±8.4 | 86.3±10.5 | 0.011 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 92.0±10.4 | 91.4±9.9 | 92.9±11.2 | 0.131 |
| Waist:hip ratio | 0.93±0.1 | 0.91±0.1 | 0.94±0.1 | 0.025 |
Data were described as n (%) or mean±SD; t-test was used for continuous variables and χ2 test was used for categorical variables.
BP, blood pressure.