Table 1.
Baseline characteristics (n, %) of participants with and without incident diabetes over 9 years’ follow-up: ARIC study.
| Diabetes N=1,180 |
No Diabetes N=8,574 |
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| Age | ||
| 45–54 years | 646 (54.8) | 4,705 (54.9) |
| 55–64 years | 534 (45.2) | 3,869 (45.1) |
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| Gender | ||
| Female | 676 (51.1) | 4,829 (56.3) |
| Male | 647 (48.9) | 3,745 (43.7) |
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| Race | ||
| Black | 351 (29.7) | 1,425 (16.6) |
| White | 829 (70.3) | 7,149 (83.4) |
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| Study community | ||
| Forsyth | 279 (23.6) | 2,247 (26.2) |
| Jackson | 301 (25.5) | 1,269 (14.8) |
| Minnesota | 257 (21.8) | 2,659 (31.0) |
| Washington | 343 (29.1) | 2,399 (28.0) |
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| Body mass index (BMI) | ||
| Normal <25 kg/m2 | 154 (13.1) | 3,359 (39.1) |
| Overweight 25–≤30 kg/m2 | 451 (38.2) | 3,504 (40.9) |
| Obese >30 kg/m2 | 575 (48.7) | 1,711 (20.0) |
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| Waist circumference | ||
| Low (Women <80cm; Men <94cm) | 96 (8.1) | 2,177 (25.4) |
| Medium (Women 80–88cm; Men 94–102cm) | 231 (19.6) | 2,696 (31.4) |
| High (Women >88cm; Men >102cm) | 853 (72.3) | 3,701 (43.2) |
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| Hypertensive medication | ||
| Yes | 477 (40.4) | 2,037 (23.8) |
| No | 703 (59.6) | 6,537 (76.2) |
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| Parental history of diabetes | ||
| Yes | 446 (37.8) | 1,989 (23.2) |
| No | 734 (62.2) | 6,585 (76.8) |
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| Modified FINDRISC score (mean, SD) | 10.5 (3.3) | 7.8 (3.5) |