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Table 3 Linear regression analysis for predicting glucose levels for time within each study period segment, age decade, BMI and education category

From: Trends and risk factors of hyperglycemia and diabetes among Kuwaiti adults: National Nutrition Surveillance Data from 2002 to 2009

	Male			Female
	N	B ( mmol/L)	P-Value	N	B ( mmol/L)	P-Value
Study period
2002-3	931	0.685	0.0001	1180	−0.115	0.456
2004-5	578	−0.133	0.486	789	0.040	0.704
2006-7	715	−0.513	0.001	1002	−0.128	0.240
2008-9	499	−0.227	0.173	636	−0.200	0.048
2002-5	1511	−0.082	0.207	1970	−0.158	0.002
2006-9	1215	−0.282	0.0001	1639	−0.213	0.0001
Total	2726	−0.140	0.0001	3610	−0.115	0.0001
Age Decades
20s & 30s	1582	−0.087	0.0001	2102	−0.102	0.0001
40s-60s	1143	−0.228	0.0001	1507	−0.119	0.0001
BMI Category (kg/m ² )
<30	1798	−0.119	0.0001	1850	−0.122	0.0001
≥30	927	−0.171	0.0001	1759	−0.098	0.0001
Education Category
≤ High school or diploma	1890	−0.182	0.0001	2606	−0.114	0.0001
Undergraduate and above	835	−0.096	0.002	1003	−0.108	0.0001

B is the slope for regression line. Each variable was adjusted for others.

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