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. 2020 Oct 5;30(10):457–463. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20190091

Table 1. Sex-specific characteristics of the study variables according to baseline history of diabetes.

  Men Women

Baseline history of diabetes Baseline history of diabetes
Yes No P-value Yes No P-value
Number of participants 2,294 37,631   689 54,442  
Age, years 61.0 (9.0) 56.7 (10.2) <0.001 63.2 (9.0) 57.0 (10.1) <0.001
Education, %     <0.001     0.82
 ≤18 years 80.3 87.0   92.5 92.3  
 >18 years 19.7 13.0   7.5 7.7  
Tobacco smoke, %     0.78     <0.001
 Nonsmoker 17.3 21.3   90.3 93.4  
 Ex-smoker 32.8 25.3   2.8 1.5  
 Current smoker 49.9 53.4   6.9 5.1  
Alcohol use, %     0.02     <0.001
 Nondrinker 17.4 18.8   78.6 74.3  
 Ex-drinker 12.3 5.3   3.9 1.4  
 Current drinker 70.3 75.9   17.5 24.3  
Sports activity, %     <0.001     <0.001
 ≥5 hours/week 9.2 7.1   6.8 4.5  
 3–4 hours/week 7.9 7.1   6.2 5.3  
 1–2 hours/week 19.2 16.9   15.0 13.7  
 Never 63.7 68.9   72.0 76.5  
Walking time, %     <0.001     <0.001
 ≥1 hour/day 41.4 49.8   40.5 51.5  
 0.5–1 hour/day 20.4 19.5   23.0 20.3  
 0.5 hour/day 24.1 18.3   24.1 17.1  
 Never 14.1 12.4   12.4 11.1  
BMI, kg/m2, %     0.04     <0.001
 BMI <18.5 6.1 5.2   6.0 6.1  
 18.5 ≤ BMI < 22.0 34.5 36.9   28.8 33.8  
 22.0 ≤ BMI < 25.0 38.4 39.4   36.4 37.5  
 25.0 ≤ BMI < 27.0 13.4 12.1   14.6 13.2  
 BMI ≥27.0 7.6 6.4   14.2 9.4  

BMI, body mass index.