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Table 1 Association of age and metabolic syndrome components with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in the study population

From: Assessing clustering of metabolic syndrome components available at primary care for Bantu Africans using factor analysis in the general population

Variables of interest

Participants with incident types 2 DM

Absence of diabetic participants

P Values

Age (Years)

53 ± 13

36 ± 12

< 0.0001

BMI (Kg/m2)

24.4 ± 5.6

23.3 ± 5.4

0.881

WC (cm)

86 ± 14.7

78.7 ± 14.3

< 0.0001

SBP (mm Hg)

131.1 ± 31.1

117 ± 17

< 0.0001

DBP (mm Hg)

80 ± 16.7

70 ± 11.7

< 0.0001

FPG (mmd/L)

7.5 ± 2

5.1 ± 1

< 0.0001

Triglycerides (mmd/L)

3.8 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 0.9

< 0.0001

HDL – C (mmd/L)

1 ± 0.3

2 ± 0.6

< 0.0001

  1. Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_analusis.”