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. 2017 May 3;2(1):e7. doi: 10.2196/diabetes.7535

Table 1.

Study participants' characteristics by diabetes status. Geometric means are presented with 95% CI. Age is presented with SD. Pregnant women are excluded from the BMI and WC calculations.

Parameters Categories Total,
N (%)
Diabetic,
n (%)
Normal,
n (%)
P
Overall sample  N 1471 (100.0) 279 (19.0) 1192 (81.0)

Mean (SD) 38.5 (12.2) 45.8 (11.7) 36.7 (11.7) <.001
Age 18-44 years 1008 (68.5) 121 (43.4) 887 (74.4) <.001

45-64 years 463 (31.5) 158 (56.6) 305 (25.6)
Gender Male 552 (37.5) 111 (39.8) 441 (37.0) .38

Female 919 (62.5) 168 (60.2) 751 (63.0)
BMI (kg/m2) Mean (95% CI) 29.4 (29.0-29.8) 31.8 (30.9-32.7) 28.8 (28.4-29.3) <.001

Lean 39 (2.7) 1 (0.4) 38 (3.3) <.001

Normal 315 (22.2) 34 (12.5) 281 (24.4)

Overweight 403 (28.3) 75 (27.6) 328 (28.5)

Obese 665 (46.8) 162 (59.6) 503 (43.7)
Waist circumference (cm)








Male Mean (95% CI) 102.2 (100.0-104.5) 108.0 (103.1-113.2) 100.8 (98.3-103.3) .01

Central obesity (WC ≥102 cm) 268 (49.3) 71 (64.5) 197 (45.4) <.001

Normal (WC <102 cm) 276 (50.7) 39 (35.5) 237 (54.6)

Female Mean (95% CI) 97.8 (94.7-100.8) 102.1 (98.1-106.1) 96.8 (93.3-100.5) .20

Central obesity (WC ≥88 cm) 509 (60.0) 127 (79.9) 382 (55.4) <.001

Normal (WC <88 cm) 340 (40.0) 32 (20.1) 308 (44.6)
Education level Secondary or less/no formal education 957 (65.1) 200 (71.7) 757 (63.6) .01

College/university/PG 513 (34.9) 79 (28.3) 434 (36.4)
Marital status Ever married 1182 (80.4) 256 (91.8) 926 (77.7) <.001

Never married 289 (19.6) 23 (8.2) 266 (22.3)
Parental consanguinity Yes 528 (35.9) 97 (34.8) 431 (36.2) .66

No 943 (64.1) 182 (65.2) 761 (63.8)
Family history of DM Yes 1017 (69.1) 208 (74.6) 809 (67.9) .03

No 454 (30.9) 71 (25.4) 383 (32.1)
Mean fasting blood glucose (95% CI) Overall 90.3 (88.8-92.0) 149.2 (143.5-155.1) 80.3 (79.6-81.0) <.001

Men 90.2 (87.8-92.7) 148.8 (140.1-158.2) 79.6 (78.3-80.8) <.001

Women 90.3 (88.5-92.1) 149.4 (142.0-157.1) 80.7 (79.8-81.6) <.001
Current smoker Yes 197 (13.4) 35 (12.5) 162 (13.6) .64

No 1274 (86.6) 244 (87.5) 1030 (86.4)
Smoking status Daily 179 (12.2) 31 (11.1) 148 (12.4) .82

Nondaily 18 (1.2) 4 (1.4) 14 (1.2)

Past smoker 53 (3.6) 12 (4.3) 41 (3.4)

Never smoker 1221 (83.0) 232 (83.2) 989 (83.0)
Hypertension Mean systolic blood pressure (SBP), mmHg (95% CI) 118.3 (117.4-119.2) 127.4 (125.1-129.8) 116.2 (115.3-117.1) <.001

Mean diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mmHg 79.0 (78.4-79.5) 83.0 (81.8-84.2) 78.0 (77.4-78.6) <.001

SBP ≥140/DBP ≥90 mmHg
or on medication
540 (37.0) 150 (54.0) 390 (33.1) <.001

Normal 918 (63.0) 128 (46.0) 790 (66.9)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) Mean (95% CI) 160.4 (158.6-162.2) 166.6 (161.8-171.4) 159.0 (157.0-160.9) <.01


≥190 mg/dL 381 (26.0) 124 (44.6) 257 (21.7) <.001

<190 mg/dL 1083 (74.0) 154 (55.4) 929 (78.3)
HDL (mg/dL)






Male Mean (95% CI) 39.7 (38.5-40.9) 38.8 (36.4-41.4) 39.9 (38.5-41.3) .47

<40 (mg/dL) 264 (47.8) 59 (53.2) 205 (46.5) .21

≥40 (mg/dL) 288 (52.2) 52 (46.8) 236 (53.5)

Female Mean (95% CI) 54.5 (53.4-55.6) 52.0 (49.4-54.8) 55.1 (53.8-56.4) .04

<50 (mg/dL) 341 (37.4) 73 (43.7) 268 (36.0) .06

≥50 (mg/dL) 571 (62.6) 94 (56.3) 477 (64.0)
Triglyceride (mg/dL) Mean (95% CI) 96.1 (93.8-98.5) 122.9 (115.7-130.7) 90.7 (88.4-93.1) <.001

≥150 (mg/dL) 257 (17.7) 103 (37.2) 154 (13.1) <.001

<150 (mg/dL) 1197 (82.3) 174 (62.8) 1023 (86.9)
LDL (mg/dL) Mean (95% CI) 89.1 (87.6-90.5) 89.5 (86.1-93.1) 88.9 (87.3-90.5) .75

≥130 (mg/dL) 144 (10.8) 34 (12.8) 110 (10.3) .24

<130 (mg/dL) 1188 (89.2) 232 (87.2) 956 (89.7)