Fig. 2

Associations of cardiac stress biomarkers with continuous traits of glycaemia and insulin resistance at follow-up. Thick plots show significant associations. The analyses were adjusted for baseline value of glycaemic or insulin traits, age, sex, waist circumference and height (model 1) and were further adjusted for actual hypertension, ratio of total cholesterol and HDL, triglycerides, smoking status, physical activity and parental history of diabetes (model 2). Abbreviations: 2 hG, 2 h-glucose; A1c, haemoglobin A1c; beta, homeostasis model assessment of beta-cell function; CT-proET-1, C-terminal pro-endothelin-1; FG, fasting glucose; FI, fasting insulin; IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; MR-proADM, mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin; MR-proANP, mid-regional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide