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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants across tertiles of SD for fasting plasma glucose in TLGS, Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (2002–2018)

From: The association between fasting plasma glucose variability and incident eGFR decline: evidence from two cohort studies

Characteristics

With diabetes ( n  = 528)

T1 ( n  = 176)

T2 ( n  = 176)

T3 ( n  = 176)

P value

Age (year)

52.51 ± 10.64

52.37 ± 11.62

53.99 ± 9.84

51.18 ± 10.26

0.044

Sex (women)

326 (61.74)

112 (63.64)

97 (55.11)

117 (66.48)

0.074

Marital status (married)

457 (86.55)

144 (81.82)

156 (88.64)

157 (89.20)

0.078

Education (high school and more)

124 (23.48)

42 (23.86)

42 (23.86)

40 (22.73)

0.959

Antihypertensive drug

124 (23.48)

48 (27.27)

37 (21.02)

39 (22.16)

0.338

Lipid-lowering drug

81 (15.34)

18 (10.23)

25 (14.20)

38 (21.59)

0.011

Current smoking

109 (20.64)

34 (19.32)

43 (24.43)

32 (18.18)

0.304

Moderate-high physical activity

315 (59.66)

103 (58.52)

101 (57.39)

111 (63.07)

0.516

BMI (Kg/m2)

29.43 ± 4.75

29.61 ± 4.89

29.02 ± 4.30

29.65 ± 5.04

0.386

WC (cm)

98.87 ± 10.85

99.09 ± 11.22

98.67 ± 9.34

98.84 ± 11.39

0.937

SBP (mmHg)

127.91 ± 20.12

126.87 ± 19.61

129.55 ± 19.78

127.31 ± 20.96

0.408

DBP (mmHg)

78.35 ± 10.19

78.35 ± 10.19

79.87 ± 11.02

78.77 ± 10.50

0.380

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

88.67 ± 15.11

89.01 ± 16.06

87.82 ± 14.63

89.17 ± 14.63

0.659

FPG (mg/dl)

156.45 ± 53.00

132.38 ± 36.75

154.43 ± 40.29

182.55 ± 64.92

 < 0.001

FPG at phase 3 (mg/dl)

130.66 ± 54.9

130.66 ± 37.70

150.39 ± 38.41

188.64 ± 68.55

 < 0.001

FPG at phase 4 (mg/dl)

166.2 ± 60.6

135.39 ± 36.81

163.13 ± 42.28

198.53 ± 76.18

 < 0.001

Anti-diabetic drug at baseline

231 (43.75)

60 (34.09)

75 (42.61)

96 (54.55)

0.001

 

Without diabetes (n = 3,894)

T1 (n = 1,331)

T2 (n = 1,331)

T3 (n = 1,331)

P value

Age (year)

40.49 ± 13.09

40.18 ± 13.04

40.28 ± 13.02

41.02 ± 13.21

0.201

Sex (women)

2,288 (58.76)

808 (60.71)

740 (58.13)

740 (57.36)

0.190

Marital status (married)

3,144 (80.74)

1,056 (79.34)

1,027 (80.68)

1,061 (82.25)

0.168

Education (high school and more)

1,318 (33.85)

436 (32.76)

466 (36.61)

416 (32.25)

0.039

Antihypertensive drug

220 (5.65)

79 (5.94)

66 (5.18)

75 (5.81)

0.675

Lipid-lowering drug

113 (2.90)

40 (3.01)

26 (2.04)

47 (3.64)

0.052

Current smoking

812 (20.85)

267 (20.06)

258 (20.27)

787 (61.01)

0.318

Moderate-high physical activity

2458 (63.12)

858 (64.46)

813 (63.86)

503 (38.99)

0.149

BMI (Kg/m2)

26.82 ± 4.44

26.64 ± 4.44

26.76 ± 4.39

27.08 ± 4.49

0.033

WC (cm)

89.22 ± 11.70

88.34 ± 11.72

89.19 ± 11.40

90.15 ± 11.91

 < 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

113.15 ± 16.00

112.36 ± 15.48

113.34 ± 16.16

113.79 ± 16.34

0.066

DBP (mmHg)

73.54 ± 10.07

73.11 ± 9.87

73.55 ± 10.25

73.98 ± 10.08

0.085

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

96.59 ± 16.57

96.77 ± 16.51

96.64 ± 16.22

96.37 ± 16.98

0.818

FPG (mg/dl)

88.44 ± 8.04

88.33 ± 6.75

88.63 ± 7.71

88.37 ± 9.47

0.579

FPG at phase 3 (mg/dl)

87.66 ± 7.74

88.11 ± 6.64

87.45 ± 7.48

87.41 ± 8.93

0.033

FPG at phase 4 (mg/dl)

93,20 ± 8.10

89.66 ± 6.51

92.53 ± 6.86

97.50 ± 8.73

 < 0.001

  1. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and frequency (percent) for categorical variables
  2. T tertile, CVD cardiovascular disease, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate; FPG Fasting plasma glucose