Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics in the SAHS and Botnia Study

	SAHS	Botnia Study	P
n	1,390	2,060	<0.0001
Age (years)	43 ± 03	45 ± 0.3	<0.0001
Sex (% male)	56	52.9	<0.0001
BMI	27.3 ± 0.2	25.5 ± 0.1	<0.0001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	117 ± 0.4	126 ± 0.4	<0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	71 ± 0.3	94 ± 0.2	<0.0001
FPG (mg/dl)	85 ± 0.3	99 ± 0.2	<0.0001
1-h plasma glucose (mg/dl)	125 ± 1	133 ± 0.5	<0.0001
2-h plasma glucose (mg/dl)	96 ± 0.6	104 ± 0.5	<0.0001
HDL (mg/dl)	47 ± 0.4	54 ± 0.6	<0.0001
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	132 ± 2	108 ± 2	<0.0001
Type 2 diabetes incidence (%)	6.33	3.64	<0.0001