Table 3. Biochemical profile of the nurses according to risk category for type 2 diabetes, based on FINDRISC*. Mexico City, Mexico, 2016-2017.
| Variable | Risk for Type 2 Diabetes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Slightly elevated | Moderate | High | Very high | p-Value | |
| (n=12) | (n=51) | (n=41) | (n=44) | (n=7) | ||
| Fasting glycemia | 92.6 | 92 | 92 | 99.2 | 106 | <0.01 |
| (mg/dL)† | (85.0-96.8) | (86.7-97.3) | (85-97.2) | (91.7-107) | (96-109) | |
| Insulin | 5.6 | 10.1 | 11 | 16.4 | 19 | <0.01 |
| (I.U.)† | (4.6-6.7) | (6.6-15.7) | (7.3-18.9) | (12-27) | (12-25) | |
| HbA1c | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6 | 0.018 |
| (%)† | (5.3-5.8) | (5.4-5.7) | (5.4-5.8) | (5.5-6) | (5.5-6.1) | |
| HOMA | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 0.001 |
| Index‡ | (1-1.5) | (1.4-3.6) | (1.7-4.4) | (3-7.2) | (3-6.6) | |
| Triglycerides | 121.5 | 114 | 112 | 165 | 147 | <0.01 |
| (mg/dL)† | (93-144.2) | (94-182) | (101.5-164) | (131-208.2) | (124-171) | |
| Total Cholesterol | 193 | 193 | 187 | 186 | 222 | 0.044 |
| (mg/dL)† | (167.7-208.2) | (163-210) | (170.5-204) | (175.2-206.7) | (203-293) | |
| HDL Cholesterol | 51.8 | 46.7 | 46.3 | 42.8 | 52.2 | 0.017 |
| (mg/dL)† | (46.8-63.3) | (41.5-58) | (42.8-52.8) | (39.8-49.8) | (45-63) | |
| LDL Cholesterol | 107.5 | 117.8 | 108.2 | 108.2 | 142 | 0.022 |
| (mg/dL)† | (96-122.3) | (93.7-128.6) | (100.4-122) | (100.2-126.4) | (137-202.1) | |
*
FINDRISC = Finnish Diabetes Risk Score;
†
Data expressed as median (p25-p75), Comparison between medians by Kruskal-Wallis;
‡
HOMA Index = insulin resistance index (Homeostatic Model Assessment)