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. 2024 Jan 11;24:7. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-02137-7

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants in the data analysis set

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 4 Wave 5 Wave 6 Wave 7
N 3793 5077 8064 9527 10,147 9130
Sex Male 1831 (48.3%) 2406 (47.4%) 3704 (46.4%) 4625 (48.6%) 4831 (47.6%) 4310 (47.2%)
female 1962 (51.7%) 2671 (52.6%) 4324 (53.6%) 4902 (51.4%) 5316 (52.4%) 4820 (52.8%)
Age (years) 64.7 ± 9.3 67.0 ± 9.3 68.4 ± 9.3 70.0 ± 9.5 71.2 ± 9.3 72.6 ± 9.0
ISCED Grade 3–6 1431 (38.1%) 2099 (42.1%) 3761 (47.7%) 4681 (50.2%) 4867 (49.0%) 4553 (50.2%)
Grade 0–2 2329 (61.9%) 2883 (57.9%) 4126 (52.3%) 4651 (49.8%) 5075 (51.0%) 4515 (49.8%)
Partner-ship Not alone 2748 (72.5%) 3590 (71.5%) 5345 (67.2%) 6290 (66.9%) 6622 (66.0%) 5874 (64.5%)
alone 1040 (27.5%) 1429 (28.5%) 2604 (32.8%) 3106 (33.1%) 3404 (34.0%) 3239 (35.5%)
Region in Europe Northern 476 (12.6%) 582 (11.5%) 484 (6.0%) 840 (8.8%) 787 (7.8%) 646 (7.1%)
Eastern 0 615 (12.1%) 2956 (36.7%) 2586 (27.1%) 2856 (28.2%) 2753 (30.2%)
Southern 1788 (47.1%) 2190 (43.1%) 1760 (21.8%) 2706 (28.4%) 3633 (35.8%) 3250 (35.6%)
Western 1529 (40.3%) 1690 (33.3%) 2864 (35.5%) 3395 (35.6%) 2871 (28.3%) 2481 (27.2%)
BMI (kg/m2) 28.7 ± 4.9 28.9 ± 5.0 29.5 ± 5.3 29.2 ± 5.3 29.2 ± 5.2 29.0 ± 5.2
Age at diabetes onset  < 30 years 81 (2.1%) 114 (2.3%) 232 (2.9%) 320 (3.4%) 358 (3.5%) 305 (3.3%)
 ≥ 30 years 2172 (57.3%) 2872 (56.6%) 5026 (62.3%) 5998 (63.0%) 6458 (63.6%) 5809 (63.6%)
Not reported 1540 (40.6%) 2091 (41.2%) 2806 (34.8%) 3209 (33.7%) 3331 (32.8%) 3016 (33.0%)
Times of visits to the doctor per year 10.0 ± 13.0 10.1 ± 12.1 9.5 ± 11.1 9.9 ± 11.7 9.7 ± 12.3 10.3 ± 23.1
Report of earlier diabetes Yes 2253 (59.6%) 3203 (63.3%) 5947 (73.9%) 7349 (77.3%) 8352 (82.4%) 6629 (72.9%)
No 1529 (40.4%) 1861 (36.7%) 2104 (26.1%) 2158 (22.7%) 1788 (17.6%) 2462 (27.1%)
Intake of diabetes medication Yes 1853 (49.0%) 2739 (54.0%) 5162 (64.1%) 6588 (69.3%) 7514 (74.1%) 6435 (70.6%)
No 1929 (51.0%) 2330 (46.0%) 2883 (35.8%) 2907 (30.6%) 2607 (25.7%) 2634 (28.9%)
Subjective health Excellent 99 (2.6%) 176 (3.5%) 143 (1.8%) 174 (1.8%) 195 (1.9%) 150 (1.7%)
Very good 400 (10.6%) 463 (9.1%) 575 (7.1%) 726 (7.6%) 704 (6.9%) 623 (6.8%)
Good 1275 (33.7%) 1696 (33.5%) 2303 (28.6%) 2987 (31.4%) 2948 (29.1%) 2675 (29.3%)
Fair 1401 (37.0%) 1814 (35.8%) 3168 (39.3%) 3616 (38.0%) 4045 (39.9%) 3574 (39.2%)
Poor 609 (16.1%) 918 (18.1%) 1864 (23.1%) 2006 (21.1%) 2251 (22.2%) 2071 (22.7%)
Report of earlier heart disease Yes 699 (18.5%) 986 (19.5%) 1786 (22.2%) 1892 (19.9%) 1989 (19.6%) 1854 (20.4%)
No 3083 (81.5%) 4078 (80.5%) 6265 (77.8%) 7615 (80.1%) 8151 (80.4%) 7237 (79.6%)
Report of earlier stroke Yes 184 (4.9%) 278 (5.5%) 578 (7.2%) 710 (7.5%) 715 (7.1%) 705 (7.7%)
No 3598 (95.1%) 4786 (94.5%) 7473 (92.7%) 8797 (92.5%) 9425 (92.9%) 8386 (92.0%)

Means ± standard deviation, Proportions (N (%)), ISCED International Standard Classification of Education