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. 2012 Aug 20;4:213–224. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S31830

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics for subjects in the lowest and highest groups of body mass index (B), triglycerides (T), and diastolic blood pressure (D), and for the total study population (subjects with and without T2D, n = 109,796)

Combinations of BMI, triglycerides, and diastolic blood pressure Total population


B1T1D1 B1T1D3 B1T3D1 B1T3D3 B3T1D1 B3T1D3 B3T3D1 B3T3D3 No T2D T2D
Men
n 10,167 856 533 143 467 190 315 284 49,216 1495
Deaths by 2004 (%) 0.7 1.6 1.3 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.4
Age in 2004 (years) 47.8 48.6 47.8 48.7 47.5 48.0 47.5 48.1 48.0 48.3
BMI (kg/m2) 23.4 23.8 24.3 24.6 32.4 33.2 33.0 33.5 26.1 30.1
Systolic BP (mmHg) 122.7 148.1 125.3 147.8 127.9 154.6 128.5 154.7 131.3 139.0
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 69.6 94.6 70.7 95.5 71.2 96.6 71.8 97.0 77.3 82.9
Glucose (mmol/L) 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.2 6.5
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.2 1.2 4.8 5.1 1.4 1.4 5.2 5.4 2.1 3.2
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.1
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 5.3 5.6 6.2 6.5 5.4 5.7 6.4 6.6 5.7 6.0
Women
n 11,026 1114 612 129 405 151 427 412 58,057 1028
Deaths by 2004 (%) 0.3 0.5 0.5 3.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0
Age in 2004 (years) 47.8 48.5 47.8 48.2 47.5 48.2 47.6 48.3 48.0 48.3
BMI (kg/m2) 21.8 21.9 22.3 22.4 32.9 33.2 33.9 34.1 24.7 30.8
Systolic BP (mmHg) 112.8 141.4 114.9 142.5 119.4 149.7 121.2 149.4 121.8 132.5
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 64.1 90.4 64.7 90.9 65.3 91.4 65.8 92.3 71.9 78.6
Glucose (mmol/L) 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.1 6.0
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 0.8 0.8 2.9 3.0 0.9 0.9 3.3 3.4 1.3 2.4
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.2
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.1 5.3 6.0 6.2 5.3 5.8

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.