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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2013 Dec 25;506(7486):97–101. doi: 10.1038/nature12828

Table 1.

Study cohorts comprising the SIGMA T2D Project dataset with sample location, study design, numbers of cases and controls (including numbers before quality control (QC) checks), % male participants, age ± standard deviation (SD), age-of-onset in cases ± SD, body mass index ± SD, and fasting plasma glucose in controls ± SD.

Study Sample Location Study Design N (Before QC) % Male Age (years) Age-of- onset (years) Body mass index (kg/m2) Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)
UNAM/INCMNSZ Diabetes Study (UIDS) Mexico City, Mexico Prospective Cohort Controls 1,138 (1,195) 41.1% 55.3 ± 9.4 28.1 ± 4.0 4.8 ± 0.5
T2D Cases 815 (872) 40.9% 56.2 ± 12.3 44.2 ± 11.3 28.4 ± 4.5
Diabetes in Mexico Study (DMS) Mexico City, Mexico Prospective Cohort Controls 472 (505) 25.8% 52.5 ± 7.7 28.0 ± 4.4 5.0 ± 0.4
T2D Cases 690 (762) 33.0% 55.8 ± 11.1 47.8 ± 10.6 29.0 ± 5.4
Mexico City Diabetes Study (MCDS) Mexico City, Mexico Prospective Cohort Controls 613 (790) 39.3% 62.5 ± 7.7 29.4 ± 4.8 5.0 ± 0.5
T2D Cases 287 (358) 41.1% 64.2 ± 7.5 55.1 ± 9.7 29.9 ± 5.4
Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Los Angeles, California, USA Case- Control Controls 2,143 (2,464) 48.3% 59.3 ± 7.0 26.6 ± 3.9 N/A
T2D Cases 2,056 (2,279) 47.9% 59.2 ± 6.9 N/A 30.0 ± 5.4