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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of research participants

From: Relationship between BMI and risk of impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose in Chinese adults: a prospective study

Characteristic

Total (n = 5,578)

BMI (kg/m2)

 < 18.5 (n = 232)

18.5–23.9 (n = 2,856)

24.0–27.9 (n = 1,770)

 ≥28.0 (n = 720)

Age, n (%)

 18–

2,625 (47.1)

139 (59.9)

1,424 (49.8)

741 (41.9)

321 (44.6)

 45–

2,035 (36.5)

48 (20.7)

948 (33.2)

748 (42.2)

291 (40.4)

 60–

918 (16.4)

45 (19.4)

484 (17.0)

281 (15.9)

108 (15.0)

 Men, n (%)

2,391 (42.9)

103 (44.4)

1,266 (44.3)

735 (41.5)

287 (39.9)

Education, n (%)

 Illiterate

547 (9.8)

21 (9.1)

274 (9.6)

174 (9.8)

78 (10.8)

 Primary school

1,793 (32.2)

76 (32.8)

940 (32.9)

557 (31.5)

220 (30.6)

 Junior school

1,926 (34.5)

85 (36.6)

986 (34.5)

596 (33.7)

259 (36.0)

 Senior high school and above

1,312 (23.5)

50 (21.5)

656 (23.0)

443 (25.0)

163 (22.6)

Total household incomea, n (%)

 < 10,000

990 (19.7)

40 (18.9)

520 (20.0)

300 (18.8)

130 (20.8)

 10,000–

1,290 (25.6)

54 (25.5)

655 (25.2)

415 (26.1)

166 (26.6)

 20,000–

1,469 (29.2)

59 (27.8)

763 (29.3)

475 (29.8)

172 (27.5)

 36,000–

1,282 (25.5)

59 (27.8)

664 (25.5)

402 (25.3)

157 (25.1)

 Urban, n (%)

2,519 (45.2)

107 (46.1)

1,253 (43.9)

860 (48.6)

299 (41.5)

 Smoking, n (%)

1,596 (28.6)

74 (31.9)

898 (31.4)

449 (25.4)

175 (24.3)

 Drinking, n (%)

2,171 (38.9)

90 (38.8)

1,159 (40.6)

662 (37.4)

260 (36.1)

Family history of diabetes mellitusb, n (%)

293 (5.9)

2 (1.0)

132 (5.3)

100 (6.3)

59 (9.1)

Hypertension, n (%)

1,996 (35.8)

37 (16.0)

730 (25.6)

797 (45.0)

432 (60.0)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

2,776 (49.8)

84 (36.2)

1,173 (41.1)

1,029 (58.1)

490 (68.1)

Abdominal obesity, n (%)

2,389 (42.8)

6 (2.6)

455 (15.9)

1,251 (70.7)

677 (94.0)

Insufficient intake of fruits and vegetables, n (%)

5,327 (95.5)

223 (96.1)

2,728 (95.5)

1,687 (95.3)

689 (95.7)

Excessive intake of red meat, n (%)

1,893 (33.9)

83 (35.8)

1,043 (36.5)

575 (32.5)

192 (26.7)

Lack of physical activities, n (%)

833 (14.9)

37 (15.9)

403 (14.1)

285 (16.1)

108 (15.0)

FPG, mmol/L

5.1 (4.7, 5.5)

5.0 (4.5, 5.4)

5.1 (4.7, 5.5)

5.2 (4.8, 5.6)

5.3 (4.9, 5.6)

2-h plasma glucose, mmol/L

5.5 (4.7, 6.3)

5.1 (4.4, 5.8)

5.3 (4.6, 6.1)

5.6 (4.9, 6.4)

5.8 (5.1, 6.6)

  1. Note. BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose
  2. aLack of cases = 547
  3. bLack of cases = 634