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. 2021 May 20;44(7):1532–1539. doi: 10.2337/dc20-3112

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of U-M employees, dependents, and retirees ≥18 years of age with Premier Care insurance, without diabetes stratified by prediabetes status

Total No prediabetes Prediabetes P value
N (%) 64,131 57,395 (89) 6,736 (11)
Age (years) 39 ± 14 38 ± 13 50 ± 12 <0.0001
Sex <0.0001
 Women 35,244 (55) 31,338 (55) 3,906 (58)
 Men 28,887 (45) 26,057 (45) 2,830 (42)
Race <0.0001
 Asian 3,382 (8) 2,851 (8) 531(10)
 Black 2,688 (7) 2,229 (6) 459 (8)
 White 34,575 (84) 30,227 (84) 4,348 (80)
 Other 651 (2) 579 (2) 72 (1)
At least one PCP visit in past year 34,574 (54) 28,654 (50) 5,920 (88) <0.0001
At least one specialist visit in past year 29,687 (46) 25,046 (44) 4,641 (69) <0.0001
BMI (kg/m2) 28.3 ± 6.7 27.6 ± 6.3 32.4 ± 7.3 <0.0001
Blood pressure (mmHg)
 Systolic 120 ± 15 119 ± 15 125 ± 15 <0.0001
 Diastolic 72 ± 10 72 ± 10 75 ± 10 <0.0001
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
 Total cholesterol 194 ± 38 194 ± 38 194 ± 39 0.7565
 HDL 55 ± 16 56 ± 17 52 ± 15 <0.0001
  Women 61 ± 16 63 ± 17 57 ± 15 <0.0001
  Men 48 ± 13 49 ± 13 46 ± 12 <0.0001
 Triglycerides 129 ± 88 122 ± 87 147 ± 91 <0.0001
 LDL 113 ± 32 113 ± 32 113 ± 33 0.8387
HbA1c (%) 5.7 ± 0.6, N = 9,134 (14) 5.3 ± 0.5, N = 4,504 (8) 5.8 ± 0.5, N = 4,630 (69) <0.0001
Claims diagnosis
 Overweight/obesity 8,598 (13) 6,223 (11) 2,375 (35) <0.0001
 Hypertension 8,108 (13) 5,539 (10) 2,569 (38) <0.0001
 Any antihypertensive medication 8,168 (13) 5,761 (10) 2,407 (35) <0.0001
 Dyslipidemia 6,651 (10) 4,062 (7) 2,389 (35) <0.0001
 Any lipid-lowering medication 3,619 (6) 2,232 (4) 1,387 (20) <0.0001
 Smoking 1,737 (3) 1,271 (2) 466 (7) <0.0001
  Women 850 (2) 624 (2) 226 (6) <0.0001
  Men 887 (3) 647 (2) 240 (8) <0.0001
 Cardiovascular disease 1,917 (3) 1,219 (2) 698 (10) <0.0001
Geocoded indicators
 Median neighborhood income ($) 70,228 70,290 69,704 0.0123
 Percent unemployment 35.3 ± 5.0 35.4 ± 5.0 35.0 ± 4.7 <0.0001
 Percent receiving food stamps 7.9 ± 6.0 7.7 ± 5.9 8.7 ± 6.6 <0.0001

Data are n (%) or mean ± SD.