Table 2.
Participants’ characteristics in the five population-based studies (CARLA, DHS, KORA, HNR, SHIP, Germany, 1997–2006)
| Study | CARLA |
DHS |
KORA |
HNR |
SHIP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Participants 45–74 with full information | 719 | 638 | 414 | 411 | 533 | 494 | 2257 | 2175 | 615 | 615 |
| Number of neighbourhoods (range of residing participants) | 37 (3–139) | 60 (1–42) | 17 (13–141) | 106 (1–140) | 6 (95–396) | |||||
| Crude diabetes prevalence (%) (95% CI) | 12.9 (10.6 to 15.6) | 12.1 (9.6 to 14.9) | 11.8 (8.9 to 15.3) | 7.8 (5.4 to 10.8) | 7.1 (5.1 to 9.7) | 5.5 (3.6 to 7.9) | 8.9 (7.8 to 10.2) | 5.9 (5.0 to 7.0) | 11.7 (9.3 to 14.5) | 9.6 (7.4 to 12.2) |
| Mean age (SD) | 61.0 (8.0) | 60.4 (7.7) | 60.9 (8.4) | 59.7 (8.5) | 58.9 (8.6) | 58.8 (8.4) | 59.5 (7.8) | 59.4 (7.8) | 60.3 (8.3) | 58.8 (8.3) |
| Social class % (n) | ||||||||||
| Lower | 7.4 (53) | 13.0 (83) | 11.1 (46) | 23.8 (98) | 6.0 (32) | 16.4 (81) | 6.2 (140) | 19.7 (429) | 12.2 (75) | 26.0 (160) |
| Middle | 61.3 (441) | 65.1 (415) | 46.1 (191) | 46.2 (190) | 48.4 (258) | 54.1 (267) | 53.0 (1195) | 55.9 (1215) | 67.3 (414) | 63.1 (388) |
| Higher | 31.3 (225) | 21.9 (140) | 42.8 (177) | 29.9 (123) | 45.6 (243) | 29.6 (146) | 40.9 (922) | 24.4 (531) | 20.5 (126) | 10.9 (67) |
| Employment status % (n) | ||||||||||
| Employed | 34.9 (251) | 30.6 (195) | 38.7 (160) | 34.8 (143) | 50.3 (268) | 35.0 (173) | 46.4 (1047) | 31.9 (693) | 33.3 (205) | 35.1 (216) |
| Retired | 48.1 (346) | 52.0 (332) | 51.9 (215) | 33.8 (139) | 43.0 (229) | 39.3 (194) | 47.6 (1075) | 37.4 (813) | 54.0 (332) | 49.6 (305) |
| Unemployed | 15.2 (109) | 12.4 (79) | 7.3 (30) | 6.1 (25) | 6.4 (34) | 8.9 (44) | 5.7 (129) | 7.5 (162) | 12.4 (76) | 14.5 (89) |
| Others | 1.8 (13) | 5.0 (32) | 2.2 (9) | 25.3 (104) | 0.4 (2) | 16.8 (83) | 0.3 (6) | 23.3 (507) | 0.3 (2) | 0.8 (5) |
| Marital status (%) | ||||||||||
| Living with a partner | 89.0 (640) | 73.4 (468) | 86.7 (359) | 71.5 (294) | 82.4 (439) | 67.2 (332) | 90.2 (2035) | 74.7 (1624) | 88.3 (543) | 68.8 (423) |
| Living without a partner | 11.0 (79) | 26.7 (170) | 13.3 (55) | 28.5 (117) | 17.6 (94) | 32.8 (162) | 9.8 (222) | 25.3 (551) | 11.7 (72) | 31.2 (192) |
CARLA, Cardiovascular Disease, Living and Ageing in Halle Study; DHS, Dortmund Health Study; HNR, Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study; KORA, Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg; SHIP, S4 Study and the Study of Health in Pomerania.