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Table 1 Characteristics of diabetic patients and healthy subjects at the matching time of diabetes onset

From: Do body mass index trajectories affect the risk of type 2 diabetes? A case–control study

 

Males

Females

Variables, mean (SD)

Case (n = 319)

Control (n = 3170)

P for difference

Case (n = 146)

Control (n = 1460)

P for difference

Age, years

59.3 (9.2)

57.7 (11.2)

0.003

61.4 (7.9)

60.1 (9.6)

0.06

Weight, kg

69.9 (11.1)

70.8 (10.0)

0.13

57.6 (9.8)

59.3 (9.4)

0.047

Height, m

1.67 (0.07)

1.67 (0.06)

0.15

1.52 (0.06)

1.54 (0.06)

0.001

BMI, kg/m2

25.0 (3.1)

25.2 (2.9)

0.22

24.8 (3.5)

24.9 (3.4)

0.67

HbA1c, %

6.3 (0.6)

5.4 (0.3)

<0.0001

6.4 (0.8)

5.5 (0.3)

0.0001

FPG, mg/dL

130 (13)

101 (8)

<0.0001

129 (24)

98 (9)

0.0001

  1. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; FPG, fasting plasma glucose