From: The ARIC predictive model reliably predicted risk of type II diabetes in Asian populations
Baseline Characteristics | National Health Survey 1992 Total number of participants without diabetes at baseline, N = 3,196 | |||||
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 | A. Participants who did the survey and FPG during follow-up and have complete baseline information n = 1,401 | B. Participants who did only the survey during follow-up n = 942 | C. Participants who did not return for follow-up n = 729* | Pvalue | ||
 |  |  |  | A vs. B | A vs. C | (A+B) vs. C |
Age, years | 36.14 ± 10.84 | 36.59 ± 13.00 | 34.01 ± 12.32 | 0.36 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Males, n (%) | 669 (47.8) | 450 (47.6) | 333 (45.7) | 0.93 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
Females, n (%) | 732 (52.2) | 496 (52.4) | 396 (54.3) | 0.93 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
Chinese, n (%) | 924 (66.0) | 592 (62.6) | 517 (70.9) | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.002 |
Malay, n (%) | 245 (17.5) | 206 (21.8) | 121 (16.6) | 0.01 | 0.61 | 0.11 |
Asian Indian, n (%) | 232 (16.5) | 148 (15.6) | 91 (12.5) | 0.55 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.80 ± 3.85 | 22.92 ± 4.11 | 22.41 ± 4.07 | 0.47 | 0.03 | 0.009 |
FPG (mmol/L) | 5.35 ± 0.44 | 5.38 ± 0.49 | 5.27 ± 0.43 | 0.12 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
HDL (mmol/L) | 1.26 ± 0.31 | 1.27 ± 0.31 | 1.31 ± 0.31 | 0.44 | < 0.001 | 0.002 |
SBP (mmHg) | 114.45 ± 14.58 | 117.15 ± 17.30 | 114.89 ± 16.13 | < 0.001 | 0.52 | 0.34 |
Positive family history of T2DM, n (%) | 497 (35.5) | 237 (25.1) | 175 (24.0) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |