Table 1. Baseline clinical variables in the ET2DS (n=1066).
| Sociodemographic and life style variables | |
| Female gender | 519 (51.3) |
| Age at assessment (years) | 67.9 (4.2) |
| Current Marital Status | |
| Married | 744 (69.9) |
| Living with long-term partner | 54 (5.1) |
| Single | 159 (14.9) |
| Widowed | 107 (10.1) |
| Education (highest level completed) | |
| University/College | 171 (16.0) |
| Other professional qualification | 307 (28.8) |
| Primary or secondary school | 588 (55.2) |
| Current Employment status | |
| Worker | 152 (14.3) |
| Retired | 864 (81.1) |
| Other: housewife, unemployed | 50 (4.7) |
| Ethnic group | |
| Caucasian | 1016 (95.3) |
| Other | 50 (4.7) |
| Current smoker | 148 (13.9) |
| Alcohol consumption in preceding year (frequency) | |
| Never | 218 (20.6) |
| 1-4 drinks per month | 463 (43.7) |
| 2-5 drinks per week | 268 (25.3) |
| 6 or more drinks per week | 110 (10.4) |
| Diabetes Mellitus (DM) variables | |
| Duration of DM (years) | 9.1 (6.5) |
| HbA1c | 7.4 (1.1) |
| Treatment of DM | |
| Diet alone | 201 (18.9) |
| Oral hypoglycaemic agents | 678 (63.6) |
| Insulin ± Oral hypoglycaemic agents | 187 (17.5) |
| Lifetime history of severe hypoglycaemic episodes (1 or more) | 113 (10.8) |
| Cardiovascular variables and other metabolic complications | |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 133.3 (16.4) |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 69.1 (9.0) |
| Hypertension | 956 (89.7) |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.3 (0.4) |
| Dyslipidaemia | 923 (86.6) |
| Ischaemic heart disease (angina or MI) | 330 (31.0) |
| Myocardial infarction | 150 (14.1) |
| Angina (lifetime history) | 298 (28.0) |
| Cerebrovascular disease (stroke or TIA) | 93 (8.7) |
| Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index | 0.981 (0.207) |
| Neuropathy | 520 (48.8) |
| Albumin/Creatinine Ratio (mg/mmol) | 3.1 (10.0) |
| Retinopathy | 400 (37.5) |
| Anthropometric measures | |
| Weight (kg) | 86.5 (16.2) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 31.4 (5.7) |
| Waist (cm) | |
| Males | 108.2 (12.1) |
| Females | 105.5 (13.5) |
| Mood scores | |
| HADS – Anxiety score | 5.7 (3.9) |
| HADS- Depression score | 3.9 (2.9) |
| Treatments | |
| Taking antidepressant | 137 (12.9) |
| Taking glucocorticoids | 147 (13.8) |
| Taking thyroxine | 121 (11.4) |
Data are mean (SD) or N (%). Sample size may vary for some variables with < 3% missing data.