Table 1. ARIC population visit 2 baseline characteristics by diabetes status.
| Total (N=13,351) |
Diabetes (N=1,779) |
No Diabetes (N=11,572) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 57.0 (5.7) | 58.2 (5.7) | 56.8 (5.7) |
| Female, % | 55.6 | 57.2 | 55.3 |
| Visit 5 Attendance, % | |||
| Died before visit 5 | 25.4 | 46.4 | 22.1 |
| Alive, but did not attend | 29.8 | 28.6 | 30.0 |
| Attended | 44.8 | 25.1 | 47.9 |
| Race-Center, % | |||
| Minneapolis - White | 26.9 | 13.9 | 28.8 |
| Washington County - White | 26.2 | 24.6 | 26.4 |
| Forsyth - White | 23.3 | 16.5 | 24.4 |
| Forsyth - Black | 2.7 | 4.9 | 2.4 |
| Jackson - Black | 21.0 | 40.1 | 18.0 |
| Cognitive scores | |||
| Global cognitive Z score | 0.00 (1.0) | -0.52 (1.0) | 0.08 (1.0) |
| Delayed word recall test, number of words Recalled | 6.6 (1.5) | 6.1 (1.6) | 6.7 (1.5) |
| Digit symbol substitution test, number of symbols translated | 44.7 (14.2) | 36.9 (14.4) | 45.9 (13.7) |
| Word fluency test, number of words generated | 33.2 (12.5) | 29.3 (12.4) | 33.8 (12.4) |
| Hemoglobin A1c | 5.8 (1.2) | 8.0 (2.1) | 5.4 (0.4) |
| Prevalent coronary heart disease, % | 5.7 | 11.1 | 4.8 |
| Prevalent stroke, % | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| Apolipoprotein E ε4 alleles, % | |||
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.4 | 69.2 |
| 1 | 28.1 | 27.8 | 28.2 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Hypertension, % | 35.6 | 59.0 | 32.0 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 28.0 (5.4) | 31.4 (6.1) | 27.4 (5.1) |
| Total cholesterol level | |||
| mg/dL | 210 (39.5) | 216 (45.5) | 209 (38.4) |
| mmol/L | 5.43 (1.02) | 5.57 (1.18) | 5.41 (0.99) |
| HDL cholesterol level | |||
| mg/dL | 49.4 (16.7) | 43.1 (14.2) | 50.4 (16.8) |
| mmol/L | 1.28 (0.43) | 1.11 (0.37) | 1.30 (0.44) |
| Triglyceride level | |||
| mg/dL | 136 (90.3) | 178 (135.3) | 130 (79.4) |
| mmol/L | 1.54 (1.02) | 2.01 (1.53) | 1.46 (0.90) |
| Education, % | |||
| Less than high school | 21.2 | 34.9 | 19.1 |
| High school, graduate equivalence degree, or vocational school | 41.8 | 37.9 | 42.3 |
| College, graduate, or professional school | 37.0 | 27.2 | 38.6 |
| Cigarette smoking status, % | |||
| Current | 22.3 | 20.8 | 22.5 |
| Former | 37.9 | 37.0 | 38.1 |
| Never | 39.8 | 42.2 | 39.4 |
| Alcohol consumption, % | |||
| Current | 56.6 | 36.0 | 59.7 |
| Former | 20.8 | 33.2 | 18.9 |
| Never | 22.6 | 30.8 | 21.3 |
Age, cognitive scores, hemoglobin A1c, body mass index, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides are means (SD). All other values are percentages.