Baseline clinical and biochemical characteristics of subjects with and without incident type 2 DM in 5.3 years.

Mean ± SD, median (interquartile-range), or percentage as appropriate.aPhysical activity: active if having moderate intensity exercise for at least 30 minutes in one month. bSex-adjusted; cAdjusted for hypertensive treatment; dLog transformed before analysis. eExcluded subjects on lipid treatment;Central obesity: waist circumference ≥90 cm (M)/80 cm (F).Hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, or on hypertensive treatment.Dyslipidaemia: triglycerides ≥1.7 mmol/L, HDL cholesterol