Table 1.
Baseline general characteristics of participants in incident and non-incident diabetics
|
VARIABLES |
TOTAL n = 1073 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
NON INCIDENT n = 942 (87.8%) |
INCIDENT DIABETICS n = 131 (12.2%) |
p | |
| Age (years) |
67.3 ± 6.0 |
66.3 ± 5.7 |
0.073 |
| Weight (kilograms) |
75.3 ± 10.8 |
79.2 ± 10.6 |
< 0.001 |
| IMC (kg/m2) |
29.4 ± 3.1 |
30.4 ± 3.1 |
0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) |
97.2 ± 9.9 |
101.8 ± 9.3 |
< 0.001 |
| Women (%) |
57.7 |
52.7 |
0.271 |
| Obesity (%) |
41.5 |
48.1 |
0.153 |
| Hypercholesterolemia (%) |
35.8 |
35.7 |
0.992 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia (%) |
16.3 |
23.8 |
0.239 |
| Hypertension (%) |
65.6 |
62.8 |
0.719 |
| Smoking (%) |
16.3 |
25.2 |
0.012 |
| Medium-high education (%) | 26.9 | 27.9 | 0.807 |
Results expressed as mean ± standard deviation or percentages.