Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Study Participants Overall and by Glycated Hemoglobine categories
| Overall (N = 19,140) |
< 6 (N = 4304) |
6–6.5 (N = 3773) |
6.5–7 (N = 3339) |
7–7.5 (N = 2399) |
> = 7.5 (N = 5325) |
p-trend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years; mean | 65.1 (0.1) | 65.4 (0.2) | 66.2 (0.2) | 66 (0.2) | 66.2 (0.2) | 62.9 (0.2) | < 0.001 |
| Men; % | 54.3 (0.4) | 54.8 (0.8) | 50 (0.8) | 51.4 (0.9) | 53.3 (1) | 59 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
| Obesity; % | 49.6 (0.4) | 47.4 (0.8) | 51.5 (0.8) | 49.3 (0.9) | 49.7 (1) | 50.1 (0.7) | 0.098 |
| BMI, kg/m2; mean | 30.4 (0) | 30.2 (0.1) | 30.6 (0.1) | 30.4 (0.1) | 30.5 (0.1) | 30.5 (0.1) | 0.05 |
| Former smoking; % | 23.4 (0.3) | 24 (0.7) | 23.2 (0.7) | 22.6 (0.7) | 22.9 (0.9) | 23.8 (0.6) | 0.875 |
| Current smoking; % | 21.6 (0.3) | 18.5 (0.6) | 18.4 (0.6) | 20.1 (0.7) | 20.5 (0.8) | 27.8 (0.6) | < 0.001 |
| Glucose lowering medication; % | 51.8 (0.4) | 38.8 (0.7) | 45.6 (0.8) | 52 (0.9) | 60 (1) | 62.8 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension; % | 83.2 (0.3) | 83.8 (0.6) | 84.1 (0.6) | 84.4 (0.6) | 83.6 (0.8) | 81 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
| Antihypertensive medication; % | 49 (0.4) | 50.4 (0.8) | 50.2 (0.8) | 52.4 (0.9) | 50.3 (1) | 44.3 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg; mean | 138 (0.1) | 136.1 (0.3) | 137 (0.3) | 138.3 (0.3) | 138.8 (0.4) | 139.9 (0.3) | < 0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg; mean | 78.6 (0.1) | 78 (0.2) | 78.3 (0.2) | 78.7 (0.2) | 78.3 (0.2) | 79.4 (0.1) | < 0.001 |
| High cholesterol; % | 16.7 (0.3) | 18.1 (0.6) | 17.2 (0.6) | 16.8 (0.7) | 16.8 (0.8) | 15 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL; mean | 197.5 (0.3) | 195.5 (0.6) | 197 (0.7) | 196.3 (0.7) | 194.3 (0.8) | 201.8 (0.6) | < 0.001 |
| HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL; mean | 48.9 (0.1) | 50.3 (0.2) | 49.9 (0.2) | 49.4 (0.2) | 48.6 (0.3) | 46.8 (0.2) | < 0.001 |
| LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL; mean | 116.6 (0.2) | 116.1 (0.5) | 116.3 (0.5) | 115.3 (0.6) | 113.7 (0.7) | 119.3 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
| Lipid lowering medication; % | 38 (0.3) | 35.6 (0.7) | 39.2 (0.8) | 40.1 (0.9) | 40.7 (1) | 36.6 (0.7) | 0.458 |