Table 2. Demographics and risk factors.

Variable a	Mean	Standard error
Baseline Demographics
Current Age, y	52.51	0.66
Proportion female, value: 0–1	0.36	0.03
Duration of diabetes, y	2.72	0.22
Height, m	1.65	0
Proportion Afro-Caribbean, value: 0–1	0	0
Proportion Indian, value: 0–1	0.04	0.01
Proportion smokers, value: 0–1	0.183	0.005
Modifiable Risk Factors
HbA1c, %	8.27	0.06
Total-cholesterol, mmol/L	4.96	0.06
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	1.16	0.02
SBP, mmHg	125.29	1.14
Body weight, kg	67.06	0.68

BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

^a Most variables were taken from pooled data of 4 included placebo-controlled studies [41–42,55–56]. For unavailable data, they were obtained from published observational studies.