High prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycemia – The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Table 6 **Distribution of intermediate hyperglycemia categories* according to sex, race and age, baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), n = 15102, 2008-2010**

	Impaired glucose tolerance					Impaired fasting glucose (WHO)					Impaired fasting glucose (ADA)					Intermediate HbA_1C**
	Men		Women		Total	Men		Women		Total	Men		Women		Total	Men		Women		Total
	n	%	n	%	%	n	%	n	%	%	n	%	n	%	%	n	%	n	%	%
Total	1455	21.1	1609	19.6	20.3	1680	24.4	1206	14.7	19.1	4050	58.8	3896	47.4	52.6	1011	14.7	1420	17.3	16.1
Age
35-44	263	16.9	286	16.1	16.4	286	18.3	132	7.4	12.5	976	62.5	675	37.9	49.4	240	15.4	244	13.7	14.5
45-54	556	20.7	606	18.6	19.6	681	25.4	471	14.4	19.4	1635	61.0	1605	49.3	54.6	422	15.7	573	17.6	16.8
55-64	428	23.1	477	20.1	21.4	512	27.6	444	18.7	22.6	1028	55.4	1222	51.4	53.2	237	12.8	446	18.8	16.1
65-74	208	26.4	240	29.9	28.1	201	25.5	159	19.8	22.6	411	52.2	394	49.0	50.6	112	14.2	157	19.5	16.9
Race/Color (n = 14918)
White	804	22.3	828	19.8	21.0	895	24.9	597	14.2	19.2	2226	61.9	2032	48.5	54.7	498	13.8	639	15.3	14.6
Brown	405	20.0	440	20.2	20.1	478	23.6	338	15.5	19.4	1155	57.0	1060	48.7	52.7	292	14.4	390	17.9	16.2
Black	179	19.0	250	17.2	17.9	215	22.9	209	14.4	17.7	489	52.0	617	42.4	46.1	181	19.2	331	22.7	21.4
Indigenous	19	20.7	10	15.4	18.5	23	25.0	14	21.5	23.6	52	56.5	31	47.7	52.9	10	10.9	11	16.9	13.4
Asian	29	22.7	66	26.8	25.4	40	31.3	32	13.0	19.3	69	53.9	119	48.4	50.3	15	11.7	35	14.2	13.4

*After excluding diabetes defined by self-report, medication use or HbA_1C, FPG or 2hPG.
**HbA_1C ≥5.7% (≥38.8 mmol).

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