Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Southern Community Cohort Study by Baseline Diabetes Status, mean ± std, median (IQR) or % (n).

	Baseline diabetes N=15,913	No diabetes N=57,219
Age, years	54.8 ± 8.9	51.2 ± 8.5d
Sex, women	65.2 (10,538)	57.6 (32,964)d
Race†
Black	68.4 (11,055)	64.9 (37,114)d
White	27.4 (4,425)	31.3 (17,908)
Other races	4.2 (679)	3.8 (2,197)
Diabetes duration, years	6.0 (2–13)
Antihyperglycemic medication therapy
On insulin therapy alone	17.2 (2,783)	------------------------------
Metformin alone	5.5 (891)
Insulin or metformin plus another anti-hyperglycemic medication	16.2 (2,618)	------------------------------
Antihyperglycemic therapy other than insulin or metformin	39.2 (6,322)	------------------------------
Not on antihyperglycemic therapy	21.9 (3,530)
Family history of pancreatic cancer	1.6 (252)	1.5 (842)
BMI, kg/m2*	33.9 ± 8.0	29.2 ± 7.1d
BMI category†
Underweight	0.52 (84)	1.5 (842)
Normal weight	10.4 (1,675)	28.9 (16,534)
Overweight	23.6 (3,818)	31.5 (18,012)
Obese class 1	26.4 (4,262)	20.3 (11,609)
Obese class 2+	39.1 (6,320)	17.9 (10,222)
History of high cholesterol†
None	44.9 (7,250)	73.0 (41,767)
Treated	39.4 (6,367)	13.0 (7,455)
Not treated	15.7 (2,542)	14.0 (7,997)
Smoking status†
Never	41.4 (6,692)	34.6 (19,806)
Current	29.6 (4,786)	45.2 (25,875)
Former	28.9 (4,674)	20.1 (11,511)
Pack Years*	4.0 (0–22.5)	7.3 (0–22.5)d
Alcohol consumption, drinks /day*	0.63 ± 2.7	1.65 ± 4.39d
Total physical activity, mets/hr*	14.2 (6.9–24.9)	18.9 (9.8–32.8)d
Less than high school graduate†	34.5 (5,582)	26.9 (15,374)d
Annual household income <$15,000†	61.3 (9,908)	53.9 (30,831)d
Insurance coverage†	67.6 (10,929)	57.6 (32,946)d

^aP<0.05

^bp<0.01

^cp<0.001

^dp<0.0001

^†P<0.0001 for global differences between diabetes groups

^*Natural logarithmically transformed before analysis.