Baseline urinary betaine excretion as a determinant of new diabetes per standard deviation increasea.

aPatients with no diagnosis of diabetes and either fasting glucose bAdjusted for age, gender, statin treatment, glycated haemoglobin, triglycerides, uric acid, urinary albumin creatinine ratio, body mass index.cSelf-reported diabetes during follow-up.dSelf-reported diabetes and/or fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L or non-fasting glucose ≥11.1 mmol/L during follow-up.