Baseline characteristics of the followed participants without diabetes in the 6-year follow-up cohort in Beijing and Shanghai, China, 2005–2011.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.Data are adjusted means (standard deviation) unless specified. a Values are geometric means (95% confidence interval). Chi-square tests were used to compare categorical variables and t-tests were used to compare continuous variables.Baseline characteristics of the followed participants without diabetes in the 6-year follow-up cohort in Beijing and Shanghai, China, 2005–2011.