Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Research Article

Leukocyte Telomere Length Independently Predicts 3-Year Diabetes Risk in a Longitudinal Study of Chinese Population

Table 1

Differences of baseline characteristics between progressors and nonprogressors.
Baseline characteristicsProgressors ()Nonprogressors () value
NGT ( (%))15 (51.7%)40 (50.6%)0.920
Sex (male/female)8/2157/220.979
Age (years)0.519
BMI (kg/m2)0.930
WC (cm)0.989
WHR0.110
HbA1c (%)0.059
FPG (mmol/L)0.975
PG30min (mmol/L)0.001
PG60min (mmol/L)0.010
PG120min (mmol/L)0.465
TC (mmol/L)0.430
TG (mmol/L)0.774
HDL-C (mmol/L)0.734
LDL-C (mmol/L)0.470
UA (μmol/L)0.605
Cr (μmol/L)0.465
Urea (μmol/L)0.606
HOMA-IR0.796
Matsuda index0.374
HOMA-β0.813
ISSI-20.074
Age-adjusted LTL0.005
mtDNAcn0.221
TNF-α (fmol/mL)0.009
IL-6 (pg/mL)0.742
8-OHdG (pg/mL)0.108
SOD (U/mL)0.031