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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants by newly-diagnosed T2DM status

From: Association of dietary fiber intake with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Chinese population

Variables

Participants with T2DM(n = 182)

Participants without T2DM (n = 3068)

Significance*

Demographic

 Age (years)

47.2 ± 9.0

52.1 ± 8.7

P < 0.0001

 BMI(kg/m2)

25.1 ± 5.7

23.7 ± 4.1

P < 0.0001

 WC(cm)

89.5 ± 12.4

83.0 ± 11.0

P < 0.0001

 Cereal fiber(g)

6.8(3.7-10.2)

7.1(4.2-9.8)

0.58

 Fruit and vegetable fiber(g)

9.0(7.2-16.4)

10.6(8.5-19.7)

< 0.05

 Total fiber(g)

15.2(11.0-20.5)

17.5(14.2-28.3)

< 0.01

 HbA1c (%)

7.9 ± 1.2

5.4 ± 0.5

< 0.0001

 Total energy intake(kcal/d)

2092.5 ± 603.7

1758.0 ± 528.4

< 0.0001

Gender

  

χ2 = 3.785

 Men

101(55.4)

1475(48.1)

P = 0.052

 Women

81(44.6)

1593(51.9)

Smoking status (%)

  

χ2 = 11.257

 Never

72(39.6)

1604(52.3)

P < 0.01

 Former

74(40.6)

963(31.4)

 

 current

36(19.8)

501(16.3)

Education (%)

  

χ2 = 8.388

  < High school

34(18.7)

745(24.3)

P < 0.05

 High school

98(53.8)

1733(56.5)

  > High school

50(27.5)

590(19.2)

 

Income per month

  

χ2 = 1.735

  ≤ 2000 (RMB)

76(41.7)

1144(37.3)

P = 0.420

 2000-5000 (RMB)

86(47.3)

1519(49.5)

  > 5000 (RMB)

20(11.0)

405(13.2)

 

Obesity (%)

  

χ2 = 7.464

 Yes

30(16.5)

310(10.1)

P < 0.001

 No

152(83.5)

2758(89.9)

 

Hypertension(%)

  

χ2 = 0.193

 Yes

37(20.3)

666(21.7)

P = 0.661

 No

145(79.7)

2402(78.3)

 

Physical activity(%)

  

χ2 = 4.534

P = 0.104

 Light

128(70.3)

2062(67.2)

 

 Moderate

45(24.7)

709(23.1)

 

 Heavy

9(5.0)

297(9.7)

 
  1. Categorical variables are presented as sum and percentages, and continuous variables are presented as Mean ± SD and median (IQ range). Abbreviation: T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus, BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, HbA1c Hemoglobin A1c, RMB Ren min bi. *P values for continuous variables (for the normal distributed variables, Independent-Samples t test was used to assess the significant differences; If not, the Mann-Whitney test was required) and for Categorical variables (chi-square test)