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. 2021 Jul 8;2021:9949579. doi: 10.1155/2021/9949579

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

Variables Total (n = 116,855) Impaired glucose tolerance Diabetes mellitus
Nonimpaired glucose tolerance (n = 107,028) Impaired glucose tolerance (n = 9773) P
value
Nondiabetes (n = 114,682) Diabetes (n = 2173) P
value
Age (year), mean ± SD 44.1 ± 12.9 43.2 ± 12.5 54.2 ± 13.0 <0.001 43.9± 12.8 55.7 ± 12.6 <0.001
Gender, n (%)
Male 62,868 (53.8) 56,332 (52.6) 6536 (66.9) <0.001 61,289 (53.4) 1579 (72.7) <0.001
Female 53,987 (46.2) 50,750 (47.4) 3237 (33.1) 53,393 (46.6) 594 (27.3)

Height (cm), mean ± SD 166.3 ± 8.3 166.3 ± 8.3 166.5 ± 8.5 0.124 166.3 ± 8.3 166.9 ± 8.5 <0.001
Weight (kg), mean ± SD 64.9 ± 12.1 64.3 ± 11.9 70.8 ± 12.5 <0.001 64.7 ± 12.0 73.5 ± 13.0 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD 23.3 ± 3.3 23.2 ± 3.2 25.4 ± 3.3 <0.001 23.3 ± 3.3 26.3 ± 3.4 <0.001
FPG (mmol/L), mean ± SD 4.9 ± 0.6 4.9 ± 0.6 5.7 ± 0.7 <0.001 4.9 ± 0.6 6.0 ± 0.7 <0.001
HBP, n (%)
No 99312 (85.0) 92921 (86.8) 6391 (65.4) <0.001 97999 (85.5) 1325 (61) <0.001
Yes 17525 (15.0) 14146 (13.2) 3379 (34.6) 16683 (14.5) 848 (39)

Smoking, n (%)
Current smoker 6672 (20.4) 5878 (19.5) 794 (30.6) <0.001 19,349 (16.9) 753 (34.7) <0.001
Ever smoker 1328 (4.1) 1190 (4) 138 (5.3) 3912 (3.4) 123 (5.7)
Never smoker 24,686 (75.5) 23,022 (76.5) 1664 (64.1) 91,421 (79.7) 1297 (59.7)

Drinking, n (%)
Current drinker 878 (2.7) 766 (2.5) 112 (4.3) 0.013 2374 (2.1) 89 (4.1) <0.001
Ever drinker 5535 (16.9) 5069 (16.8) 466 (18) 16,371 (14.3) 411 (18.9)
Never drinker 26,273 (80.4) 24,255 (80.6) 2018 (77.7) 95,937 (83.7) 1673 (77)

Cholesterol (mmol/L), median (IQR) 4.7 (4.2, 5.3) 4.7 (4.1, 5.3) 5.0 (4.4, 5.6) <0.001 4.7 (4.2, 5.3) 5.0 (4.4, 5.7) <0.001
Triglyceride (mmol/L), median (IQR) 1.1 (0.8, 1.7) 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) 1.6 (1.1, 2.3) <0.001 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) 1.8 (1.2, 2.6) <0.001
HDL (mmol/L), median (IQR) 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) <0.001 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) <0.001
LDL (mmol/L), median (IQR) 2.7 (2.3, 3.2) 2.7 (2.3, 3.1) 2.8 (2.4, 3.3) <0.001 2.7 (2.3, 3.2) 2.8 (2.4, 3.3) <0.001
ALT (U/L), median (IQR) 18.0 (13.0, 27.5) 18.0 (12.9, 27.0) 23.0 (16.2, 35.0) <0.001 18.0 (13.0, 27.1) 26.0 (18.1, 41.0) <0.001
AST (U/L), median (IQR) 22.0 (18.7, 26.9) 22.0 (18.4, 26.2) 24.0 (20.0, 29.2) <0.001 22.0 (18.7, 26.8) 25.0 (21.0, 32.0) <0.001
CCR (umol/L), median (IQR) 69.6 (58.0, 81.2) 69.1 (57.7, 81.0) 73.0 (62.0, 83.5) <0.001 69.3 (57.9, 81.0) 73.4 (63.0, 82.9) <0.001
TG/HDL, median (IQR) 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) <0.001 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) 1.4 (0.9, 2.2) <0.001
BUN (mmol/L), median (IQR) 4.6 (3.8, 5.4) 4.5 (3.8, 5.3) 4.9 (4.1, 5.7) <0.001 4.6 (3.8, 5.4) 4.9 (4.1, 5.8) <0.001

BMI: body mass index; FPG: fasting blood glucose; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate transaminase; CCR: creatinine clearance rate; BUN: blood urea nitrogen.