Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Pathobiology of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort Study Participants Who Subsequently Developed Incident Prediabetes or Maintained Normoglycemia (Control) during ∼5 Years of Follow-up*

CharacteristicsPrediabetesControlP Value
Number7373
Age (yr)48.7 ± 0.9648.3 ± 1.06.37
Women/Men46/2748/25.85
Black/White36/3735/38.84
Weight (kg)88.7 ± 2.0283.5 ± 2.19.09
BMI (kg/m2)31.1 ± 0.7029.2 ± 0.69.04
Waist circumference (cm)97.9 ± 1.3493.0 ± 1.71.02
FPG94.4 ± 0.6091.5 ± 0.72.002
2 hrPG128 ± 2.80120 ± 2.91.05
  • * Data are mean ± SEM FPG, fasting plasma glucose; 2 hrPG, plasma glucose value at 2 hours during oral glucose tolerance test. To convert the values for glucose to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0555.

  • BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; PG, plasma glucose.