Table 1.

Baseline characteristics among diabetic women and men

	Women			Men
	Decade 1: 1972–1981	Decade 2: 1982–1991	Decade 3: 1992–2001	Decade 1: 1972–1981	Decade 2: 1982–1991	Decade 3: 1992–2001
n	131	140	105	133	154	113
Age at diagnosis (years)	65.0 ± 15.3	66.1 ± 13.4	62.1 ± 15.1	62.6 ± 14.1	61.2 ± 17.1	58.4 ± 14.6
FBG (mmol/l)	9.6 ± 2.8	8.3 ± 2.3	7.4 ± 2.2*	9.1 ± 2.6	9.1 ± 12.4	8.6 ± 3.6
BMI (kg/m2)	30.2 ± 6.1	29.7 ± 6.0	31.2 ± 5.6	28.8 ± 3.4	28.0 ± 4.5	30.6 ± 4.8*
Smokers (%)	3.8	7.9	14.3†	12.0	15.6	18.6
Ex-smokers (%)	3.1	5.0	7.6	8.3	20.1	31.0*
AHD (%)	51.9	63.6	53.3‡	51.9	50.0	38.0
Diabetes treatment during the first year
Diet only (%)	67.9	77.9	76.2†	63.2	71.4	82.3*
OHA (%)	29.8	16.4	15.2†	32.3	20.1	8.8*
OHA and insulin (%)	2.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5
Insulin (%)	0.0	5.7	8.6	1.5	7.8	5.3

Data are means ± SD or %.

*P < 0.001;

†P < 0.01;

‡P < 0.05. AHD, antihypertensive drug; FBG, fasting blood glucose; OHA, oral hypoglycemic agent.