Table 1.
Characteristics of participants
| Sample for examining prevalent T2D (N = 16,008) |
Sample for examining incident T2D (N = 12,105) |
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| Prevalent T2D at baseline (N = 1256) |
No T2D at baseline (N = 14,752) |
Incident T2D during follow-up (N = 1032) |
No T2D during follow-up (N = 11,073) |
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| Male | n (%) | 707 (56.3) | 7231 (49.0) | 588 (57.0) | 5271 (47.6) |
| Age at baseline | Mean (SD) | 63.9 (9.8) | 53.5 (13.9) | 59.0 (9.9) | 52.9 (13.4) |
| Education (years) | |||||
| 9–10 | n (%) | 260 (20.7) | 1598 (10.8) | 112 (10.9) | 1012 (9.1) |
| 12–13 | n (%) | 613 (48.8) | 7722 (52.3) | 575 (55.7) | 5731 (51.8) |
| 14–17 | n (%) | 218 (17.4) | 2786 (18.9) | 189 (18.3) | 2168 (19.6) |
| ≥ 18 | n (%) | 165 (13.1) | 2646 (17.9) | 156 (15.1) | 2162 (19.5) |
| Walkability measures | |||||
| Impedance | Mean (SD) | 1623.9 (307.4) | 1616.1 (289.9) | 1615.3 (267.1) | 1616.5 (288.6) |
| Transit stations | Median (Q1-Q3) | 4.6 (2.7–6.9) | 4.3 (2.3–6.9) | 4.7 (2.5–7.1) | 4.3 (2.4–6.9) |
| Points of interest | Median (Q1-Q3) | 5.0 (2.3–10.1) | 4.8 (2.1–9.5) | 5.3 (2.6–9.8) | 4.8 (2.2–9.0) |
| Risk factors for T2D | |||||
| Practicing sports | |||||
| More than 2 h/week | n (%) | 196 (15.7) | 3470 (23.7) | 200 (19.5) | 2804 (25.5) |
| 1–2 h/week | n (%) | 144 (11.5) | 2767 (18.8) | 156 (15.2) | 2169 (19.7) |
| Less than 1 h/week | n (%) | 97 (7.7) | 1673 (11.4) | 111 (10.8) | 1257 (11.4) |
| No sports | n (%) | 814 (65.1) | 6758 (46.1) | 560 (54.5) | 4783 (43.4) |
| BMI at baseline | Mean (SD), n | 30.5 (5.3), 1252 | 27.3 (4.6), 14,684 | 30.6 (4.8), 1024 | 27.0 (4.4), 11,042 |
T2D Type 2 diabetes, SD Standard deviation, Q Quartile, BMI Body mass index