Cardiovascular Diabetology

Table 1 Basic demographic, clinical, lifestyle, and biochemical characteristics of the study population, specified by HbA1c concentration

From: Prediction model for high glycated hemoglobin concentration among ethnic Chinese in Taiwan

		HbA1c < 7% n = 17450		HbA1c> = 7% n = 323
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P value
Age, year		51.0	10.9	56.6	10.2	< .0001
BMI, kg/m²		23.8	3.2	25.8	3.7	< .0001
Waist, cm		83.5	9.1	89.6	9.9	< .0001
Systolic BP, mmHg		122.6	16.0	131.6	16.1	< .0001
Diastolic BP, mmHg		73.1	10.5	77.5	10.2	< .0001
Fasting glucose, mg/dL		90.6	10.2	172.0	54.7	< .0001
Postprandial glucose, mg/dL		117.8	48.1	167.7	99.1	< .0001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL		203.7	36.8	220.7	47.3	< .0001
Triglyceride, mg/dL		119.1	75.1	193.0	151.9	< .0001
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL		44.7	44.1	40.3	8.9	< .0001
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL		119.6	32.5	134.8	43.5	< .0001
CRP, mg/dL		0.16	0.40	0.31	0.66	< .0001
Uric acid, mg/dL		6.05	1.53	6.03	1.55	0.77
White blood cells		5.43	1.49	6.30	1.76	< .0001
HbA1c, %		5.42	0.37	8.86	1.98	< .0001
		%		%
Gender	women	44.9		31.6		< .0001
	men	55.2		68.4
BMI group						< .0001
BMI < 25		67.4		43.0
25~30		29.1		45.2
BMI > = 30		3.5		11.8
Medication history
Hypertension		12.7		19.2		0.001
Diuretics usage		1.9		4.3		0.001
Lipid lowering		3.2		3.7		0.59
Family history of diabetes						< .0001
	None	71.3		61.3
	Second relatives	5.4		4.0
	First relatives	23.3		34.7
Current smoking	Yes	13.9		20.7		0.0004
Alcohol drinking	Yes	55.6		50.2		0.05
Martial status	Unmarried	11.5		9.5		0.55
	Married	87.7		89.6
	Separate	0.3		0.6
	Unknown	0.5		0.3
Job	Manual work	5.4		5.3		0.23
	Business	24.0		21.7
	Government, Teacher	21.3		17.3
	Housework	10.1		12.4
	No job	4.6		6.5
	Service	5.8		5.6
	Student	0.4		0.0
	Other job	28.6		31.3

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