Table 2.

Characteristics of the study participants by type 2 diabetes status.

Characteristic	Type 2 diabetes status		p-value
	Type 2 diabetes	Non-type 2 diabetes
n	2208	2607
Age, years	55 ± 11	42 ± 15.3	<0.01
Male sex, %	40	42	0.04
Body mass index, kg/m2	26.9 ± 5.4	25.5 ± 5.7	<0.01
Smoking, %			<0.01
Current	3	5
Former	15	9
Never	82	86
Hypertension, %	68.3	35.3	<0.01
Albumin, g/l	44 ± 8	44 ± 6	0.37
Creatinine, μmol/l	88.4 ± 44.2	79.6 ± 17.7	<0.01
eGFR (MDRD), ml/min/1.73 m2	95.3 ± 36.6	108.1 ± 36.6	<0.01
eGFR (CKD-EPI), ml/min/1.73 m2	89.8 ± 27.6	105.1 ± 27.7	<0.01
Impaired kidney function, %	13.4	4.8	<0.01
HDL, mmol/l	1.2 ± 0.5	1.22 ± 0.4	<0.01
LDL, mmol/l	3.5 ± 1.3	3.19 ± 1.2	<0.01
Triglyceride, mmol/l	1.4 ± 0.9	1.1 ± 0.6	<0.01

Values are means ± SD or percentages.