From: The temporal relationship between poor lung function and the risk of diabetes
 | Overall | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | P value for trend |
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FEV1%predicted | 95.4 (±17.7) | 117.0 (±9.9) | 100.7 (±3.1) | 90.3 (±3.2) | 73.3 (±11.3) | – |
Number (n) | 20,295 | 5074 | 5074 | 5074 | 5073 | – |
Age (years) | 43.4 (±6.6) | 43.9 (±6.5) | 42.9 (±6.6) | 42.8 (±6.6) | 44.0 (±6.7) | 0.350 |
Height (m) | 1.77 (±0.07) | 1.77 (±0.07) | 1.77 (±0.07) | 1.77 (±0.07) | 1.77 (±0.07) | 0.820 |
Current-smokers (%) | 49.1 | 35.8 | 43.4 | 53.5 | 63.8 | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.6 (±3.2) | 24.4 (±2.9) | 24.5 (±3.1) | 24.5 (±3.2) | 24.8 (±3.6) | <0.001 |
Physical inactivity (%) | 52.4 | 45.9 | 50.4 | 54.6 | 58.6 | <0.001 |
Anti-hypertensive medication (%) | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | <0.001 |
High alcohol consumption (%) | 17.8 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 18.7 | 20.1 | <0.001 |
ESR (mm/h)a | 4.05 | 3.86 | 3.90 | 4.01 | 4.46 | <0.001 |
Baseline glucose (mmol/L) | 4.93 (±0.50) | 4.89 (±0.49) | 4.94 (±0.51) | 4.94 (±0.50) | 4.94 (±0.52) | <0.001 |
Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.59 (±1.05) | 5.52 (±1.01) | 5.56 (±1.03) | 5.60 (±1.06) | 5.66 (±1.08) | <0.001 |
Family history of diabetes (%) | 11.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 0.371 |
Social class (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.125 |
 - Low skilled | 44.9 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 45.8 | 48.8 | |
 - High skilled | 43.9 | 47.1 | 47.3 | 42.3 | 38.8 | |
 - Self-employed | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | |
 - Other | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 |