Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the MDCS-CC among men and women (N = 4246)

Baseline characteristics	Men	Women
N	1664	2582
Incidence of diabetes n (n per 1000 p-y)	181 (7.19)	209 (5.09)
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.01 ± 0.4	4.80 ± 0.4
Age at baseline (years)	57.63 ± 6.0	57.39 ± .5.9
Ceruloplasmin (mg/l)	0.46 ± 0.10	0.54 ± 0.12
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (mg/l)	1.19 ± 0.26	1.21 ± 0.26
Orosomucoid (mg/l)	0.71 ± 0.21	0.69 ± 0.20
Haptoglobin (mg/l)	1.30 ± 0.58	1.31 ± 0.51
CRP (mg/l) (GM [5th–95th percentiles])	1.35 (0.30–8.30)	1.29 (0.30–7.21)
Waist circumference (cm)	92.15 ± 9.4	76.18 ± 9.5
Low physical activity (%)	20.9	22.4
Current smoking status (%, current and occasional smokers)	26.1	25.6
Use of anti-hypertensive medication (%)	15.0	13.3
Systolic BP (mmHg)	142.4 ± 18.5	139.2 ± 18.9
HDL (mmol/l)	1.23 ± 0.30	1.53 ± 0.35
Low educational level (%)	46.4	43.3

Data are mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated

p-y person year