Characteristics of High-Risk and Low-Risk Patients in Venous FPG Subgroups
| High-Risk Patients IFG | Low-Risk Patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Diabetes (n=101) | (n=20) | NFG (n=4) | Diabetes (n=2) | IFG (n=1) | NFG (n=0) |
| BMI=body mass index; cFPG1=first capillary fasting plasma glucose; cFPG2 = second capillary fasting plasma glucose; FPG = fasting plasma glucose; vFPG = venous fasting plasma glucose; GDM = gestational diabetes mellitus; IFG = impaired fasting glucose; NFG = normal fasting glucose. | ||||||
| Note: Statistical analysis of the low-risk group was not possible because of the small numbers. | ||||||
| a Conversion factor to SI units: ×0.0555. | ||||||
| b P <.05 in high-risk group. | ||||||
| c P <.01 in high-risk group. | ||||||
| d P <.001 in high-risk group. | ||||||
| e Missing in high-risk group = 8 with diabetes; 1 with IFG; 0 with NFG. | ||||||
| f Missing in high-risk group = 75 with diabetes; 11 with IFG; 3 with NFG. | ||||||
| g Missing in high-risk group = 80 with diabetes; 17 with IFG; 3 with NFG. | ||||||
| Sex (male), No. (%) | 49 (48.5) | 6 (30.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 0 |
| Age, mean (SD), years | 59.4 (8.1) | 56.0 (7.8) | 55.8 (2.6) | 67.5 (6.4) | 55.0 | 0 |
| Plasma glucose levela | ||||||
| cFPG1, mean (SD), mg/dL | 162.2 (59.5) | 129.7 (12.6) | 126.0 (7.2)b | 127.9 (1.8) | 127.9 | 0 |
| cFPG2, mean (SD), mg/dL | 155.0 (43.2) | 124.3 (14.4) | 117.1 (7.2)c | 135.1 (3.6) | 129.7 | 0 |
| vFPG, mean (SD), mg/dL | 164.0 (41.4) | 120.7 (3.6) | 104.5 (5.4)d | 133.3 (7.2) | 110.0 | 0 |
| BMIe | ||||||
| BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 29.9 (3.9) | 32.2 (6.9) | 28.2 (4.8) | 25.3 (1.5) | 25.3 | 0 |
| BMI >27 kg/m2, No. (%) | 73 (78.5) | 17 (89.5) | 2 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Risk factors | ||||||
| Hypertension, No. (%) | 41 (40.6) | 7 (35.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiovascular disease, No. (%) | 17 (16.8) | 5 (25.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lipid metabolism disorders,f No. (%) | 6 (23.1) | 6 (66.7) | 0b | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Family history of diabetes, No. (%) | 43 (42.6) | 13 (65.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| History of GDM,g No. (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |