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

<p>Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.</p><p>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.</p><p>Baseline characteristics of the followed participants without diabetes in the 6-year follow-up cohort in Beijing and Shanghai, China, 2005–2011.