Table 2.
Characteristics of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes enrolled in the Danish Centre for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes (DD2) project during November 2010–February 2016
| Variables | Patients with type 2 diabetes |
| Persons enrolled in DD2 by February, 2016, n (%) | 7011 (100) |
| Enrolled from general practitioners’ offices, n (%) | 3688 (53) |
| Enrolled from hospital clinics, n (%) | 3323 (47) |
| Median age (IQR), years | 61 (52–68) |
| Minimum–maximum age, years | 17–95 |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 4065 (58) |
| Female | 2946 (42) |
| Resting heart rate, median (IQR) | 70 (63–79) |
| Waist circumference, median (IQR), cm |
106 (97–116) |
| Waist–hip ratio in men, median (IQR) | 1.02 (0.97–1.06) |
| Waist–hip ratio in women, median (IQR) | 0.92 (0.87–0.97) |
| Median weight at 20 years of age (IQR), kg | 70 (60–80) |
| Weight unknown at age 20, n (%) | 929 (13) |
| Median maximum lifetime weight (IQR), kg | 100 (86–115) |
| Maximum lifetime weight unknown, n (%) | 75 (1) |
| Alcohol use, n (%) | |
| Maximum 14/21 drinks/week (women/men) | 6539 (93) |
| More than 14/21 drinks/week (women/men) | 472 (7) |
| Days per week with 30+ min of physical activity (days) | |
| 0 | 1161 (17) |
| 1 | 488 (7) |
| 2 | 891 (13) |
| 3 | 954 (14) |
| 4 | 622 (9) |
| 5 | 681 (10) |
| 6 | 317 (5) |
| 7 | 1897 (27) |
| Regular sports activities, n (%) | |
| Yes | 2748 (39) |
| No | 4262 (61) |
| Level of physical activity during the past year, n (%) | |
| Hard physical training and competitive sports several times a week | 55 (1) |
| Leisure sports, heavy garden work or similar activity at least 4 hours per week | 1370 (20) |
| Walking, cycling or other light exercise at least 4 hours per week | 4298 (61) |
| Reading, television watching or other sedentary activity | 1288 (18) |
| Family history of diabetes, n (%) | |
| Yes | 3717 (53) |
| No | 2696 (39) |
| Don’t know | 598 (9) |
| Median fasting blood glucose (IQR), mmol/L* | 7.1 (6.4–8.3) |
| Median C-peptide†‡ (IQR), pmol/L | 1161 (865–1570) |
| Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies§ | |
| ≤30 kU/L, N (%) | 5655 (97) |
| >30 kU/L, N (%) | 161 (3) |
| Median alanine-aminotransferases¶ (IQR), U/L | 27 (20–38) |
| Median pancreatic amylase¶ (IQR), U/L | 23 (16–30) |
| Median C reactive protein¶ (IQR), mg/L | 2.1 (1.0–4.8) |
*Currently analysed for the first consecutive 5363 DD2 patients.
†Reference range: 400–1600 pmol/L.
‡Currently analysed for the first consecutive 5800 DD2 patients.
§Currently analysed for the first consecutive 5816 DD2 patients.
¶Currently analysed for the first consecutive 1018 DD2 patients.