Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of T2D subjects according to height quartiles.
| Variables | Males | P | Females | P | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤161 cm | 161–165 cm | 166–170 cm | ≥171 cm | ≤155 cm | 156–160 cm | 161–165 cm | ≥166 cm | |||
| Numbers (%) | 1126 (11.78%) | 1638 (17.13%) | 3868 (40.45%) | 2930 (30.64%) | 3263 (24.66) | 6085 (45.98%) | 3093 (23.37%) | 792 (5.99%) | ||
| Age (year) | 68.04 (13.57) | 66.31 (12.22) | 64.53 (12.50) | 62.29 (12.37) | <0.001 | 68.79 (13.14) | 65.13 (12.45) | 62.37 (13.00) | 61.45 (13.02) | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.09 (7.64) | 23.32 (3.37) | 23.08 (3.07) | 23.29 (3.14) | 0.059 | 22.95 (7.09) | 23.11 (3.13) | 23.20 (3.30) | 22.90 (3.46) | 0.0601 |
| Education level (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Illiteracy | 266 (23.64%) | 262 (16.00%) | 610 (15.77%) | 408 (13.92%) | 1250 (38.31%) | 1428 (23.47%) | 744 (24.05%) | 194 (24.49%) | ||
| Below college | 768 (68.21%) | 1264 (77.17%) | 2887 (74.64%) | 2099 (71.64%) | 1783 (54.64%) | 4136 (67.97%) | 2123 (68.46%) | 543 (68.56%) | ||
| Above college | 92 (8.15%) | 112 (6.83%) | 371 (9.59%) | 423 (14.44%) | 230 (7.05%) | 521 (8.56%) | 226 (7.49%) | 55 (6.95%) | ||
| FBG (mmol/L) | 9.93 (3.20) | 9.88 (3.14) | 9.82 (4.19) | 9.77 (4.23) | 0.004 | 9.32 (4.14) | 9.21 (3.12) | 9.00 (2.39) | 8.98 (3.29) | 0.002 |
| OGTT (mmol/L) | 14.62 (4.10) | 14.33 (3.93) | 13.92 (5.01) | 13.79 (5.12) | 0.018 | 12.06 (4.61) | 12.02 (4.11) | 11.96 (3.49) | 11.90 (4.17) | 0.019 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 5.11 (1.40) | 5.04 (1.33) | 4.93 (1.89) | 4.88 (1.92) | 0.351 | 5.29 (1.93) | 5.27 (1.41) | 5.23 (1.21) | 5.19 (1.42) | 0.360 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.26 (0.79) | 1.25 (0.66) | 1.22 (0.90) | 1.20 (1.05) | 0.434 | 1.55 (1.43) | 1.49 (1.26) | 1.47 (0.87) | 1.41 (1.27) | 0.470 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.91 (1.23) | 2.87 (1.02) | 2.79 (1.51) | 2.77 (1.45) | 0.381 | 3.09 (1.58) | 3.00 (1.08) | 2.98 (1.02) | 2.93 (1.09) | 0.384 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 2.49 (1.80) | 2.44 (1.68) | 2.30 (1.99) | 2.21 (2.07) | 0.395 | 2.49 (2.21) | 2.42 (1.98) | 2.40 (0.99) | 2.39 (2.06) | 0.402 |
| HbA1c (%) | 8.75 (3.04) | 8.72 (2.88) | 8.62 (3.41) | 8.63 (3.22) | 0.301 | 8.33 (3.11) | 8.27 (2.06) | 8.26 (1.77) | 8.21 (2.29) | 0.311 |
Data are presented as mean (SD) or number (percentage). FBG: fasting blood glucose; OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin.