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Table 4 Characteristics of the participants according to FINDRISC categories

From: Diagnostic accuracy of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for the prediction of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic syndrome in the Lebanese University

 

FINDRISC categories

P

 < 7

7–11

12–14

15–20

 > 20

Age (in years)

42.9 (± 9.08)

47.6 (± 8.2)

51.4 (± 8.6)

51.3 (± 8.3)

50.1 (± 10.2)

0.000*

WC (in cm)

84.2 (± 11.3)

94.2 (± 12.2)

98.8 (± 12.61)

105 (± 14.7)

112.5 (± 10.4)

0.000*

BMI (in kg/m2)

23.4 (± 2.36)

26.4 (± 3.8)

28.3 (± 4.6)

30.7 (± 4.87)

32.5 (± 5.2)

0.000*

Hx of high BG

0 (0.0%)

3 (7.1%)

7 (16.7%)

22 (52.4%)

10 (23.8%)

0.000*

Current smoking

26 (16.8%)

59 (38.1%)

35 (22.6%)

28 (18.1%)

7 (4.5%)

0.522

UT2DM

0 (0.0%)

6 (20.0%)

9 (30.0%)

11 (36.7%)

4 (13.3%)

0.000*

Prediabetes

6 (6.6%)

33 (36.3%)

27 (29.7%)

23 (25.3%)

2 (2.2%)

0.01*

MS

8 (5.4%)

51 (34.5%)

38 (25.7%)

42 (28.4%)

9 (6.1%)

0.000*

FBG (in mg/dl)

88.6 (± 8.3)

95 (± 35.7)

97.4 (± 22)

103 (± 36.4)

110.2 (± 27)

0.036*

2 h OGTT (in mg/dl)

89.1 (± 23.5)

105 (± 63.6)

117.6 (± 59.7)

128 (± 84.6)

170.6 (± 79.8)

0.000*

TC (in mg/dl)

197 (± 42.1)

197 (± 40.3)

198.9 (± 43)

201 (± 41.3)

180.2 (± 35.2)

0.635

TG (in mg/dl)

121 (± 62.9)

133 (± 76)

146 (± 105.5)

151 (± 88.6)

227 (± 154.2)

0.003*

HDL-C (in mg/dl)

51.9 (± 14.6)

48 (± 12.5)

46.7 (± 14)

48 (± 14.2)

35.2 (± 7.1)

0.005*

LDL-C (in mg/dl)

120 (± 37.4)

122 (± 35.7)

126.8 (± 38.1)

126 (± 37.6)

99.7 (± 33.5)

0.247*

SBP (in mmHg)

114 (± 19.3)

118 (± 24.8)

121.2 (± 23.6)

130 (± 20.6)

138.2 (± 13.2)

0.000*

DBP (in mmHg)

75 (± 12.9)

76 (± 16.3)

78.6 (± 15)

80 (± 14.3)

88.2 (± 14.8)

0.038*

  1. *Statistical significance