Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics by Ethnicity

Characteristic	White	Black	Latino	Asian
Sample size	24,486	5,310	4,063	5,028
	%
Age, y
18–40	4.0	3.5	4.5	3.6
41–65	42.7	54.5	52.4	55.9
65–79	44.4	36.7	39.6	37.0
≥80	8.9	5.3	3.5	3.6
Female	46.3	53.6	48.6	48.3
Education
≤ High school	38.2	37.5	54.3	27.1
Some college	30.0	34.6	21.0	21.6
≥ College	24.7	17.6	10.2	38.7
Missing	7.1	10.3	14.5	12.7
Hypertension	70.8	79.4	65.0	67.6
Albuminuria	51.8	56.4	55.9	55.7
Diabetes type, %
Type 1	6.9	2.5	2.2	1.7
Type 2	90.4	94.3	96.1	96.6
Unclear	2.7	3.2	1.7	1.7
Glycemic control (HbA1c %)
<7.0	31.1	26.3	23.5	22.2
7.0–7.9	28.3	23.7	23.7	27.9
8.0–9.5	24.3	23.9	25.2	27.4
≥9.5	15.0	25.6	26.2	21.3
Missing	1.4	1.5	1.3	1.2
Diabetes duration ≥10 years	50.5	51.4	50.7	45.1