Severity of the metabolic syndrome as a predictor of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in first degree relatives of type 2 diabetic patients: A 15-year prospective cohort study

Figure 2 Mean metabolic syndrome severity scores within individuals by later diabetes status. Metabolic syndrome Z-score (mean, 95% confidence interval) by disease status for diabetes. Scores shown are those obtained during first and last visits among individuals who remained disease-free (dotted line, n = 564), those with incident disease between two visits (continuous line, n = 70). Comparison with disease-free group: P < 0.05 for first visit, P < 0.01 for last visit.