Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics for Women’s Health Study and Physicians Health Study II Participants^*

	Diabetic Participants	Non-Diabetic Participants	P-value†
Women’s Health Study, N	685	23,989
Age, years	55 (50, 62)	52 (48, 58)	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	135 (125, 145)	125 (115, 135)	<0.001
High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	42.2 (35.0, 51.5)	52.2 (43.5, 62.7)	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	214 (190, 242)	208 (184, 235)	<0.001
C-reactive protein, mg/L	5.0 (2.4, 8.4)	2.0 (0.8, 4.2)	<0.001
Current smoking, %	12.0%	11.5%	0.78
Parental history of premature MI, %	14.9%	12.8%	0.12
HbA1c, %	7.0 (6.0, 8.3)	-	-
Physician’s Health Study II, N	563	11,280
Age, years	67.8 (62.5, 73.0)	63.1 (57.0, 69.8)	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	130 (120, 140)	128 (120, 135)	<0.001
High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	38.4 (30.9, 47.9)	42.5 (34.4, 52.3)	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	195.0 (173.0, 222.0)	203.1 (180.3, 227.0)	<0.001
C-reactive protein, mg/L	1.2 (0.6, 2.6)	0.9 (0.4, 1.7)	<0.001
Current smoking, %	4.6%	3.2%	0.09
Parental history of premature MI, %	10.8%	10.8%	0.97
HbA1c, %	6.5 (6, 7.4)	-	-

^*Median (25^th percentile, 75^th percentile) unless otherwise noted

^†Kruskal-Wallis used for comparison of continuous characteristics and chi-squared for comparison of dichotomous characteristics