Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 11,262 middle-aged adults according diabetes status.
| Diabetes (N = 1,100) |
No Diabetes (N = 10,162) |
P values | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male (%) | 48 | 44 | 0.01 |
| African American, % | 37 | 21 | < 0.001 |
| Age (yrs) | 55 ± 5.6 | 54 ± 5.6 | < 0.001 |
| Education < 12 yrs, % | 32 | 19 | < 0.001 |
| Smoking status, % | 0.03 | ||
| Current | 19 | 23 | |
| Former | 33 | 33 | |
| Never | 48 | 44 | |
| Pack-years in ever smokers | 28± 21 | 25± 20 | 0.0004 |
| Sport index | 2.3± 0.74 | 2.5± 0.80 | < 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.9± 5.7 | 27.2± 4.8 | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 105.7± 13.6 | 95.4± 12.9 | < 0.001 |
| White blood count (x 109/L) | 6.5± 1.0 | 6.0± 1.9 | < 0.001 |
| Fibrinogen(g/L) | 3.2± 0.7 | 3.0± 0.6 | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension, % | 65 | 37 | < 0.001 |
| FVC (L) | |||
| Men | 4.2± 0.8 | 4.6± 0.7 | < 0.001 |
| Women | 3.0± 0.5 | 3.3± 0.6 | < 0.001 |
| FEV1 (L) | |||
| Men | 3.2± 0.6 | 3.4± 0.7 | < 0.001 |
| Women | 2.3± 0.5 | 2.5± 0.5 | < 0.001 |
| FEV1/FVC, % | 76.7± 6.3 | 75.1± 6.6 | < 0.001 |
| FVC % predicted | 96.5± 13.2 | 103.1± 13.6 | < 0.001 |
| FEV1 % Predicted | 92.5± 14.1 | 96.4± 14.6 | < 0.001 |
Results shown as percentage or mean ± standard deviation