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. 2022 Jan 15;14(2):366. doi: 10.3390/nu14020366

Table 2.

Associations between baseline characteristics and glucose monitoring metrics over seven days.

Mean Glucose %CV Glucose %Time-in-Range
(3.0–7.8 mmol/L)
Estimate (CI) p Estimate (CI) p Estimate (CI) p
Sex
Female Reference Reference Reference
Male 0.14 (−0.27, 0.55) 0.51 −2.33 (−6.06, 1.40) 0.22 1.12 (−4.13, 6.38) 0.68
Ethnicity
Chinese Reference Reference Reference
Indian −0.14 (−0.68, 0.39) 0.60 0.70 (−3.74, 5.14) 0.76 −2.13 (−7.50, 3.24) 0.44
Malay −0.27 (−0.85, 0.31) 0.36 1.50 (−3.18, 6.17) 0.53 −5.32 (−15.07, 4.43) 0.28
Age a (years) −0.05 (−0.27, 0.17) 0.68 −0.06 (−1.67, 1.55) 0.94 −1.92 (−4.87, 1.04) 0.20
Education
Below A’ level or the equivalent Referent
A’ level or the equivalent 0.20 (−0.31, 0.71) 0.44 −0.07 (−0.32, 0.18) 0.59 −2.26 (−6.70, 2.19) 0.32
University 0.44 (0.03, 0.86) 0.04 −0.13 (−0.32, 0.07) 0.20 −4.38 (−8.10, −0.66) 0.02
BMI (kg/m2) 0.12 (0.03, 0.22) 0.01 −0.85 (−1.69, −0.00) 0.049 1.66 (0.17, 3.14) 0.03
Body fat (kg) 0.03 (0.01, 0.05) 0.01 0.06 (−0.25, 0.37) 0.69 −0.12 (−0.45, 0.22) 0.50
Fat free mass (kg) 0.01 (−0.02, 0.03) 0.62 −0.11 (−0.26, 0.05) 0.17 0.15 (−0.03, 0.33) 0.10
HbA1c (%) 0.32 (−0.13, 0.78) 0.16 −1.21 (−6.88, 4.46) 0.68 −3.03 (−10.01, 3.96) 0.40
Fasting glucose, (mmol/L) 0.37 (−0.28, 1.02) 0.27 −5.03 (−9.78, −0.27) 0.04 −2.55 (−12.20, 7.10) 0.61
HOMA2−IR 0.35 (−0.03, 0.74) 0.072 −0.18 (−4.32, 3.96) 0.932 −0.29 (−4.71, 4.14) 0.898
2-h glucose, (mmol/L) 0.17 (−0.04, 0.39) 0.11 0.84 (−1.32, 3.00) 0.44 −2.47 (−5.32, 0.37) 0.09
Glucose iAUC (1000 units) 2.05 (0.44, 3.65) 0.01 11.56 (−5.52, 28.64) 0.19 −7.06 (−29.09, 14.97) 0.53
Matsuda Index −0.05 (−0.08, −0.01) 0.02 −0.04 (−0.49, 0.42) 0.87 0.21 (−0.28, 0.71) 0.40
Insulin iAUC (1000 units) 0.14 (0.08, 0.20) <0.001 0.45 (−0.55, 1.46) 0.38 −0.73 (−1.82, 0.36) 0.19
Insulinogenic index (1000 units) 8.13 (−7.12, 23.38) 0.30 −37.65 (−218.22, 142.92) 0.68 −90.05 (−332.14, 152.05) 0.47
Disposition index −0.45 (−1.02, 0.12) 0.12 1.75 (−3.63, 7.13) 0.52 2.62 (−4.95, 10.19) 0.50

a Regression coefficients are expressed per 10-year increment. CI, confidence interval; CV, coefficient of variation; BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HOMA2, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; iAUC, incremental area under curve.