Evaluation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score to predict type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Colombian population: A longitudinal observational study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population according to gender

Variables	Total (n = 772)	Men (n = 228)	Women (n = 544)
1Age, yr	58.34 (12.07)	58.63 (12.67)	58.22 (11.82)
1BMI, kg/m2	27.36 (4.56)	27.08 (4.56)	27.47 (4.56)
1Waist circumference, cm	91.91 (10.47)	97.05 (10.88)	89.78 (9.52)2
1Fasting plasma glucose, mg/dL	94.41 (12.60)	96.17 (13.94)	93.68 (11.94)2
1,4Oral glucose tolerance test, mg/dL	107.89 (32.82)	111.11 (36.55)	106.23 (30.75)
1,4HbA1c, %	6.49 (1.27)	6.39 (1.24)	6.56 (1.31)
Undiagnosed DM2, n(%)	20 (2.59)	6 (2.63)	14 (2.57)
Prediabetes, n(%)	186 (24.09)	61 (26.75)	125 (22.98)
FINDRISC score	11.84 (4.80)	11.00 (4.71)	12.18 (4.80)3

¹Data are presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables;

²Wilconcox Rank Sum test P < 0.05;

³Wilconcox Rank Sum test P < 0.005;

⁴Variable with missing values. BMI: Body mass index; DM2: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; FINDRISC: Finnish Diabetes Risk Score; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c.