A progressive increase in cardiovascular risk assessed by coronary angiography in non-diabetic patients at sub-diabetic glucose levels

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Patients (n = 1394)
Sex [n] (male/female)	962 (69%)/432 (31%)
Age [years]	64.0 ± 11.4
Body Mass Index [kg/m²]	27.6 ± 4.5
CHD [n]	1064 (76%)
Acute myocardial infarction [n]	294 (21%)
CHD before [n]	579 (42%)
FBG [mg/dl]	92.5 ± 16.2
2h-BG [mg/dl]	145.0 ± 43.1
NGT [n]	446 (32%)
Isolated IFG [n]	274 (20%)
Isolated IGT [n]	188 (13%)
IFG/IGT [n]	282 (20%)
DM2 [n]	204 (15%)

CHD, coronary heart disease; FBG, fasting blood glucose; 2h-BG, blood glucose 2 h after 75 g oral glucose challenge; NGT, normal glucose tolerance; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; DM, diabetes mellitus

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