TABLE 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population (n = 54,858)
| Total (n [%]) | Type 2 Diabetes Status |
P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No(median [range]) | New†(median [range]) | |||
| Age (years) | 60.3 (45.1–101.4) | 62.5 (45.6–90.0) | <0.0001 | |
| No (%) | New† (%) | |||
| Sex | <0.0001 | |||
| Male | 24,980 (45.5) | 98.0 | 2.0 | |
| Female | 29,878 (54.5) | 98.7 | 1.3 | |
| Country of birth (missing = 499) | 0.088 | |||
| English-speaking country | 49,349 (90.8) | 98.4 | 1.6 | |
| Europe | 2,707 (5.0) | 98.0 | 2.0 | |
| Asia | 1,243 (2.3) | 98.1 | 1.9 | |
| Other | 783 (1.4) | 97.4 | 2.4 | |
| Highest education (missing = 696) | <0.0001 | |||
| University/TAFE | 27,097 (50.0) | 98.7 | 1.3 | |
| High school | 10,710 (19.8) | 98.1 | 1.9 | |
| Less than 10 years of schooling | 16,355 (30.2) | 98.0 | 2.0 | |
| Family history of type 2 diabetes (missing = 5) | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 11,040 (20.1) | 97.2 | 2.8 | |
| No | 43,813 (79.9) | 98.7 | 1.3 | |
| IRSED (missing = 52) | 0.001 | |||
| Most disadvantaged group | 10,748 (19.6) | 98.1 | 1.9 | |
| 2nd disadvantaged group | 11,069 (20.2) | 98.3 | 1.7 | |
| 3rd disadvantaged group | 10,778 (19.7) | 98.3 | 1.7 | |
| 4th disadvantaged group | 10,845 (19.8) | 98.2 | 1.8 | |
| Least disadvantaged group | 11,366 (20.7) | 98.9 | 1.1 | |
| Moderate/severe psychological distress (missing = 1,214) | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 1,923 (3.6) | 97.1 | 2.9 | |
| No | 51,721 (96.4) | 98.4 | 1.6 | |
| Physical functional limitation (missing = 4,709) | <0.0001 | |||
| Severe | 13,707 (27.3) | 97.6 | 2.4 | |
| Moderate | 9,802 (19.6) | 98.1 | 1.9 | |
| Minor | 9,364 (18.7) | 98.7 | 1.3 | |
| None | 17,276 (34.5) | 99.1 | 0.9 | |
†
Incident or new cases (participants who did not report type 2 diabetes at baseline but did report type 2 diabetes at the follow-up survey).
*
P values determined through χ2 tests except for age, for which a Kruskal-Wallis test was used.