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. 2013 Oct 28;3(10):e003408. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003408

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants in two population-based surveys in Shanghai, China

Characteristics First survey
Second survey
p Value between surveys*
Men (N=5050) Women (N=7279) Men (N=3461) Women (N=3962) In men In women
Age (years, mean±SD) 54.8±10.8 53.1±10.3 54.7±9.5 54.7±9.1 0.55 <0.0001
Resident site (%)
 Urban 71.1 63.0 2.4 72.0
 Rural 29.0 37.0 27.7 28.0 0.19 <0.0001
Education (%)
 No formal education 4.1 18.4 3.2 9.5
 Primary school 18.2 23.0 14.7 17.7
 Middle school 35.3 31.1 45.7 45.2
 High school 27.6 22.6 27.6 23.8
 Colleague or above 14.8 4.9 8.8 3.9 0.0025 <0.0001
Per capita income (yuan/month, %)
 <1000 37.0 45.5 4.9 4.0
 1000–2999 38.3 38.4 41.8 46.7
 3000–5000 22.5 17.9 33.2 33.3
 >5000 2.2 1.3 20.0 16.0 <0.0001 <0.0001
Family history of type 2diabetes 12.3 13.1 16.4 19.0 <0.0001 <0.0001
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes (%) 13.6 10.3 17.4 14.1 <0.0001 <0.0001
Prevalence of hypertension (%) 34.8 28.3 41.8 37.1 <0.0001 <0.0001
Cigarette smoking (%) 61.4 1.7 62.6 1.8 0.22 0.93
Alcohol drinking (%) 40.4 2.4 54.0 5.0 <0.0001 <0.0001
Leisure-time activity (%) 13.3 13.1 10.8 9.0 0.0009 <0.0001

*p Value for Wilcoxon tests or χ2 tests.

p Values less than 0.05 (shown in italic typeface) were considered as a test of significance based on two sides.