Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the study groups from the Leiden Longevity Study

	Offspring (n = 1671)	Controls (n = 744)	P-Value
Demographics
Age in years, mean (SD)	59.4 (6.5)	58.7 (7.5)	0.032
Females, number (%)	900 (54%)	429 (58%)	0.083
Antropometrics
Height (cm), mean (95% CI)	172.9 (172.5–173.2)	172.9 (172.3–173.4)	0.951
Weight (kg), mean (95% CI)	76.1 (75.4–76.8)	76.8 (75.8–77.8)	0.279
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (95% CI)	25.4 (25.2–25.6)	25.6 (25.3–25.9)	0.268
Disease prevalence
Diabetes Mellitus, number (%)	60 (4%)	47 (7%)	0.003
Hypertension, number (%)	319 (23%)	179 (28%)	0.003
Myocardial infarction, number (%)	33 (2%)	25 (4%)	0.040
Stroke, number (%)	46 (3%)	18 (3%)	0.602
Glucose metabolism
Glucose (mmol/L), mean (95% CI)	5.75 (5.70–5.81)	6.01 (5.92–6.09)	<0.001
Insulin (mU/L), geometric mean (95% CI)	16.1 (15.5–16.8)	18.0 (16.9–19.1)	0.006