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. 2012 Dec 18;11:152. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-152

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for cases with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus and referents

  Total population
n Cases n Referents p-value
Time to T2DM diagnosis, years
157
5.5 ± 2.7
-
-
-
Age, years
157
50.5 ± 8.1
277
50.2 ± 8.3
matched
Sex, male (%)
157
56.7
277
56.7
matched
Family history of T2DM, n (%)
154
48 (31.4)
269
44 (16.4)
< 0.001
Non, Ex, Daily smoking, n (%)
156
56 (35.9), 56 (35.9), 44 (28.2)
272
112 (41.2) 105 (38.6) 55 (20.2)
0.163
Sedentary, Moderate, Active, n (%)
157
23 (14.6), 116 (73.9), 18 (11.5)
277
48 (17.3), 190 (68.6), 39 (14.1)
0.507
Hypertension*, n (%)
157
104 (66.2)
277
39 (32.1)
< 0.001
Antihypertensive medication, n (%)
157
41 (26.1)
277
16 (5.8)
< 0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg
157
139.2 ± 18.3
276
127.5 ± 16.8
< 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg
157
87.0 ± 12.5
276
79.7 ± 10.4
< 0.001
Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L
157
5.9 ± 0.8
277
5.2 ± 0.7
< 0.001
2-h plasma glucose, mmol/L
157
8.2 ± 2.1
277
6.5 ± 1.7
< 0.001
BMI, kg/m2
156
29.5 ± 4.2
277
25.3 ± 3.6
< 0.001
Total cholesterol, mmol/L
157
6.0 ± 1.0
277
5.7 ± 1.0
< 0.001
HDL, mmol/L
157
1.1 ± 0.3
277
1.3 ± 0.3
0.002
Triglycerides, mmol/L
157
1.7 (1.3 - 2.5)
277
1.1 (0.9 - 1.6)
< 0.001
tPA, ng/mL
156
11.0 (8.7 - 13.7)
276
7.7 (5.6 - 10.5)
< 0.001
PAI-1, ng/mL
157
35.0 (23.9 - 46.1)
276
21.2 (14.6 - 31.3)
< 0.001
tPA/PAI-1 complex, ng/mL
155
7.9 (5.2 - 0.4)
277
3.8 (2.5 - 5.8)
< 0.001
VWF, % 156 142.9 (119.1 - 178.9) 276 124.0 (96.0 - 159.6) < 0.001

Values are mean ± SD for continuous, and percent for non-continuous variables. Median and interquartile range presented for variables not displaying normal distribution.

BMI: body mass index; CRP: C-reative protein; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; tPA: tissue plasminogen activator; PAI-1: plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; VWF: von Willebrand factor; SD: standard deviation.