Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population.
| Men | Women | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with T2DM 1 (%) | 32,611 (36.43) | 56,901 (63.57) | 89,512 (100) |
| Mean age at diabetes diagnosis (SD 2), yr 3 | 58.7 (9.99) | 62.71 (10.03) | 61.31 (10.19) |
| Mean age at death (SD), yr | 73.36 (0.75) | 79.03 (0.60) | 76,81 (0.67) |
| Mean follow-up time (SD), yr | 11.06 (3.69) | 12.34 (3.65) | 12.07 (3.68) |
| Mean diabetes exposure time (SD) *, yr | 10.77 (3.32) | 11.32 (3.26) | 11.11 (3.29) |
| Number of deaths (%) | 11,829 (39.17) | 18,371 (60.83) | 30,200 (100) |
1 T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus, 2 SD, standard deviation; 3 yr, years; * prevalent diabetes cases at beginning of follow-up excluded from analysis.