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. 2016 Jan 4;11(1):e0144179. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144179

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of diabetes patients stratified by BMI and WC.

Total(n = 24,512) BMI (kg/m2) BMI ≥24kg/m2
<24(n = 9866) 24–27.9(n = 10,548) ≥28(n = 4098) P Normal WC(n = 2904) Central obesity(n = 6642) P
Age, years (mean±SD) 62.5±11.8 63.5±11.6 62.2±11.7 60.8±12.4 <0.001 62.0±11.8 60.6±12.1 <0.001
 <45 1697 (6.9) 576 (5.8) 717 (6.8) 404 (9.9) <0.001 202 (7.0) 631 (9.5) <0.001
 45–54 4408 (18.0) 1615 (16.4) 1968 (18.7) 825 (20.1) 572 (19.7) 1386 (20.9)
 55–64 7323 (29.9) 2856 (28.9) 3263 (30.9) 1204 (29.4) 888 (30.6) 2032 (30.6)
 ≥65 11084 (45.2) 4819 (48.8) 4600 (43.6) 1665 (40.6) 1242 (42.8) 2593 (39.0)
Male 11543 (47.1) 4524 (45.9) 5291 (50.2) 1728 (42.2) <0.001 1345 (46.3) 4614 (69.5) <0.001
Diabetes duration, years, median (25th, 75th percentile) 6.2 (2.7, 11.3) 6.7 (2.7, 12.0) 6.0 (2.7,11.0) 5.9 (2.5, 10.9) <0.001 6.0 (2.6, 11.0) 5.7 (2.4, 10.8) 0.001
 <1 2210 (9.0) 897 (9.1) 950 (9.0) 363 (8.9) <0.001 265 (9.1) 653 (9.8) 0.002
 1–4 8135 (33.2) 3101 (31.4) 3578 (33.9) 1456 (35.5) 967 (33.3) 2399 (36.12)
 5–9 5878 (24.0) 2289 (23.2) 2579 (24.5) 1010 (24.6) 704 (24.2) 1622 (24.42)
 ≥10 8289 (33.8) 3579 (36.3) 3441 (32.6) 1269 (31.0) 968 (33.3) 1968 (29.6)
Comorbidities* 17756 (72.4) 6447 (65.3) 7931 (75.2) 3378 (82.4) <0.001 2084 (71.8) 5079 (76.5) <0.001
 Hypertension 7367 (30.1) 2926 (29.7) 3150 (29.9) 1291 (31.5) 866 (29.8) 1942 (29.2)
 Dyslipidemia 3018 (12.3) 1156 (11.7) 1404 (13.3) 458 (11.2) 351 (12.1) 973 (14.7)
 Hypertension and Dyslipidemia 7371 (30.1) 2365 (24.0) 3377 (32.0) 1629 (39.8) 867 (29.9) 2164 (32.6)
Smoking 4052 (16.5) 1433 (14.5) 1921 (18.2) 698 (17.0) <0.001 471 (16.2) 1669 (25.1) <0.001
Alcohol consumption 1959 (8.0) 607 (6.2) 958 (9.1) 394 (9.6) <0.001 227 (7.8) 876 (13.2) <0.001
Sedentary lifestyle 8824 (36.0) 3403 (34.5) 3692 (35.0) 1729 (42.2) <0.001 1031 (35.5) 2313 (34.8) 0.522
Diabetes complications
 Cardiovascular diseases 3653 (14.9) 1266 (12.8) 1663 (15.8) 724 (17.7) <0.001 458 (15.8) 1004 (15.1) 0.413
 Cerebrovascular disease 2469 (10.1) 981 (9.9) 1061 (10.1) 427 (10.4) 0.694 245 (8.4) 653 (9.8) 0.032
 Peripheral vascular diseases 370 (1.5) 161 (1.6) 132 (1.3) 77 (1.9) 0.009 31 (1.1) 85 (1.3) 0.384
 Nephropathy 3525 (14.4) 1271 (12.9) 1540 (14.6) 714 (17.4) <0.001 377 (13.0) 1021 (15.4) 0.002
 Retinopathy 4018 (16.4) 1698 (17.2) 1645 (15.6) 675 (16.5) 0.008 409 (14.1) 891 (13.4) 0.380
 Neuropathy 3702 (15.1) 1486 (15.1) 1545 (14.6) 671 (16.4) 0.032 387 (13.3) 933 (14.1) 0.348

Data are expressed as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

* Comorbidities included hypertension only, dyslipidemia only, and both conditions.