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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants of the study

From: Combining glycosylated hemoglobin A1c and fasting plasma glucose for diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in Chinese adults

Characteristics

Median (25th, 75th percentile)

P value

 

All subjects (n = 6,661)

Men (n = 3,057)

Women (n = 3,604)

 

Age (years)

54 (48, 61)

54 (48, 61)

54 (48, 60)

0.6403

BMI (kg/m2)

24.0 (21.9, 26.3)

24.2 (22.1, 26.3)

23.9 (21.8, 26.3)

0.0315

WC (cm)

82 (76, 89)

85 (79, 90)

80 (74, 87)

<0.0001

SBP (mmHg)

123 (113, 135)

125 (115, 137)

121 (111, 134)

<0.0001

DBP (mmHg)

79 (72, 85)

80 (73, 87)

79 (71, 83)

<0.0001

TC (mmol/l)

4.60 (4.00, 5.25)

4.45 (3.87, 5.03)

4.80 (4.14, 5.41)

<0.0001

TG (mmol/l)

1.35 (0.91, 2.01)

1.40 (0.92, 2.10)

1.31 (0.90, 1.95)

0.0003

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.30(1.10, 1.55)

1.21 (1.03, 1.45)

1.37 (1.17, 1.60)

<0.0001

LDL-C (mmol/l)

2.67 (2.20, 3.09)

2.60 (2.18, 3.00)

2.71 (2.29, 3.17)

<0.0001

FPG (mmol/l)

5.0 (4.6, 5.4)

5.0 (4.6, 5.4)

5.0 (4.7, 5.4)

0.0486

2hPG (mmol/l)a

6.0 (5.0, 7.1)

5.9 (4.8, 7.1)

6.0 (5.1, 7.1)

<0.0001

HbA1c (mmol/mol &%)

37 (32, 40) & 5.5 (5.1, 5.8)

37 (32, 41) & 5.5 (5.1, 5.9)

37 (33, 40) & 5.5 (5.2, 5.8)

0.4235

  1. aFor 6,422 participants who had an OGTT (2,919 men and 3,503 women). All P values were from Wilcoxon rank sum tests.
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