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Table 2 Age, anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of participants with HbA1c and glucose-based test

From: Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in rural Tehri Garhwal, India: influence of diagnostic method

 

Time 1a

Time 2a

p-value

Age, years

52 (18)

NA

NA

HbA1c (%)

5.9 (5.8–6.2)

NA

NA

Height, cm

154.5 (149.5–161.3)b

As for Time 1

NA

Weight, kg

56.0 (48.8–64.0)b

55.0 (46.6–63.4)

0.06

Body mass index, kg/m2

22.7 (19.8–25.7)c

22.3 (19.6–25.7)b

0.08

Waist, cm

80.7 (70.0–89.6)

81.3 (71.5–89.8)

0.22

Hip, cm

93.0 (88.2–97.8)

92.8 (88.0–97.5)

0.24

Waist-hip ratio

0.87 (0.8–0.9)

0.88 (0.8–0.9)

0.79

FBG, mg/dL

NA

104 (95–114)d

NA

PBG, mg/dL

NA

130 (111–152)e

NA

Hemoglobin, g/dL

NA

11 (10–12)

NA

  1. Data show median of baseline characteristics with interquartile range in parentheses
  2. n = 140, excluding 18 subjects with normal HbA1c results (HbA1c < 5.7%)
  3. p-values were based on Wilcoxon’s signed-rank test
  4. aDiagnostic test for diabetes at Time 1: HbA1c; at Time 2: FBG/PBG test
  5. bTime 1 Height & Weight; Time 2 BMI: n = 139
  6. cTime 1 BMI: n = 138
  7. dTime 2 FBG: n = 117
  8. e Time 2 PBG: n = 135
  9. BMI body mass index, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin, FBG fasting blood glucose, PBG post-prandial blood glucose, NA not applicable/available