Table 1.

Baseline description of the diabetes cohort

Variable	Men (N = 16166)		Women (N = 20213)
Follow-up time (Median, years)	3.70	Range: 1–7	3.78	Range: 1–7
Age (mean, years)	58.44	Range: 21–94	59.37	Range: 21–95
Calendar year of enrolment (N, %)
2004	755	4.67	978	4.84
2005	514	3.18	689	3.41
2006	2832	17.52	3940	19.49
2007	4469	27.64	5563	27.52
2008	5303	32.80	6532	32.32
2009	2009	12.43	2253	11.15
2010	284	1.76	258	1.28