Table 2.

Sample characteristics of the population with and without diabetes.

Factor	Total (N=34,708) % [95% CI]	No Diabetes (N=30,527) % [95% CI]	Diabetes (N=4,158) % [95% CI]
Age (Mean [95% CI])	46.7 [46.4 to 47.0]	45.1 [44.8 to 45.4]	60.3 [59.7 to 60.9]
Male	48.1 [47.4 to 48.8]	47.9 [47.2 to 48.7]	49.6 [47.7 to 51.4]
Race/Ethnicity
White/Caucasian	81.7 [81.0 to 82.3]	82.0 [81.4 to 82.7]	78.8 [77.0 to 80.4]
Black/African American	13.1 [12.5 to 13.7]	12.7 [12.1 to 13.3]	16.3 [14.8 to 17.8]
American Indian	0.8 [0.6 to 1.0]	0.8 [0.6 to 1.0]	1.1 [0.6 to 1.7]
Asian	3.9 [3.6 to 4.2]	4.0 [3.6 to 4.3]	3.4 [2.6 to 4.2]
Multiple Race	0.3 [0.2 to 0.3]	0.3 [0.2 to 0.4]	0.2 [0.05 to 0.4]
Income-to-needs ratio
Poverty	26.2 [25.5 to 27.0]	25.5 [24.7 to 26.3]	32.2 [30.1 to 34.2]
Above Poverty level	73.7 [72.9 to 74.4]	74.4 [73.6 to 75.2]	67.7 [65.7 to 69.8]
Health insurance coverage (% yes)	92.7 [92.4 to 93.1]	92.4 [92.0 to 92.8]	95.2 [94.4 to 96.0]
BMI (Mean [95% CI])	27.6 [27.5 to 27.7]	27.1 [27.1 to 27.3]	31.3 [31.0 to 31.5]
Normal weight	37.0 [36.3 to 37.7]	39.5 [38.6 to 40.3]	16.7 [15.2 to 18.2]
Overweight	34.3 [33.6 to 35.1]	34.7 [33.9 to 35.5]	31.1 [29.1 to 33.1]
Obese	28.5 [27.8 to 29.2]	25.7 [24.9 to 26.5]	52.1 [49.9 to 54.2]
Years living with diabetes (Mean [95% CI])			13.9 [13.2 to 14.6]
Type of medication regimen
No medication	91.4 [91.0 to 91.7]		23.1 [21.5 to 24.7]
Diabetic pills only	5.7 [5.4 to 6.0]		50.6 [48.7 to 52.5]
Insulin only	1.3 [1.2 to 1.5]		12.8 [11.5 to 14.1]
Insulin and diabetic pills	1.4 [1.2 to 1.6]		13.3 [11.9 to 14.7]
Number of comorbidities	1.0 [1.0 to 1.04]	0.8 [0.8 to 0.88]	2.3 [2.3 to 2.4]

CI=confidence interval