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.