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. 2017 Feb 8;140(8):1781–1788. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30599

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by diabetes status in CKB

Diabetes status
Variablea No diabetes
(n=480,307)
Total
(n=30,007)
Previously diagnosed
(n=16,000)
Screen‐detected
(n=14,007)
Age (SD), year 51.1 (10.6) 57.2 (9.6) 58.3 (9.1) 55.9 (9.9)
Female, % 276205 (58.8) 17697 (61.4) 9462 (62.0) 8232 (60.7)
Urban region, % 201987 (43.0) 17525 (60.8) 9936 (65.1) 7568 (55.8)
Middle school and higher, % 231284 (49.2) 13955 (48.4) 7682 (50.3) 6344 (46.8)
Annual household income ≥ 35 000 Yuan, % 84284 (17.9) 5480 (19.0) 3042 (19.9) 2521 (18.6)
Regular smoker, %
Male 134378 (67.6) 7196 (67.7) 3607 (67.7) 3589 (64.3)
Female 7766 (3.1) 781 (2.8) 458 (2.8) 323 (3.1)
Weekly drinker, %
Male 66248 (36.0) 3493 (33.6) 1402 (33.6) 2091 (21.8)
Female 5990 (1.9) 232 (2.1) 78 (2.1) 154 (0.7)
Adult BMI (SD), kg/m2 23.6 (3.3) 24.9 (3.6) 24.6 (3.5) 25.1 (3.7)
BMI at age 25 (SD), kg/m2 21.9 (2.5) 22.8 (3.1) 23.2 (3.2) 22.5 (2.9)
SBP (SD), mmHg 130.6 (21.0) 138.5 (22.6) 137.5 (22.6) 139.3 (22.7)
Random plasma glucose (SD), mmol/L 5.7 (1.1) 12.6 (5.6) 11.8 (5.7) 13.3 (5.4)
Total physical activity (SD), MET h/day 21.3 (13.9) 18.8 (11.9) 17.5 (10.6) 19.8 (12.9)
Family history of diabetes, % 21258 (4.5) 3506 (12.2) 2444 (16.0) 1244 (9.2)
Family history of cancer, % 65431 (13.9) 4103 (14.2) 2313 (15.2) 1817 (13.4)
a

Results were adjusted for age, sex and region (where appropriate). Values are presented as number (percentage) for categorical variables and mean (SD) for continuous variable. Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; MET = metabolic equivalent of task. 1 mmol/L= 18 mg/dL.