Fig. 1Selection of study participants.
Fig. 2The proportion of the subjects who progressed according to the three groups of (A) weight change status, tertiles groups of (B) percent body fat, (C) skeletal muscle indexa, (D) waist-hip ratio, (E) homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), (F) HOMA β-cell during 4 years of follow-upb. aSkeletal muscle index derived from the formula: lean mass/weight (kg)×100 (%), bP<0.01 in comparisons analyses of the proportions between the groups in all components with Pearson's chi-square test.
Table 1Baseline characteristics of the participants according to glycemic progression status over 4 years
Table 2Comparisons of the baseline mean values of parameters according to the 3 groups of weight change status during 4 years of follow-up
Table 3Multivariate logistic regression analyses with glycemic progression as the dependent variable with weight change and HOMA indices in the model
Table 4Multivariate logistic regression analyses with glycemic progression as the dependent variable with components of body composition and HOMA indices in the model