Table 1. Baseline characteristics of 25,656 individuals in the Copenhagen General Population Study according to time since the last meal.
| Time since last meal, hours | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All n=25,656 | Fasting n=377 | 0–1 n=3,113 | 1 –2 n=4,742 | 2–3 n=6,771 | 3–4 n=5,544 | 4–5 n=3,051 | 5–6 n=1,398 | 6–7 n=432 | 7–8 n=228 | |
| Women | 13,543 (53%) | 148 (39%) | 1,831 (59%) | 2,599 (55%) | 3,743 (55%) | 2,938 (53%) | 1,418 (46%) | 575 (41%) | 190 (44%) | 101 (44%) |
| Age, years | 61(50–72) | 58 (49–68) | 55 (47–65) | 59 (49–69) | 63 (53–73) | 64 (53–74) | 59(50–71) | 57 (48–67) | 60 (50–72) | 64 (52–74) |
| Albumin, μmol/L | 605 (566–645) | 628(588–664) | 603 (566–643) | 599 (562–638) | 598 (560–636) | 602 (564–643) | 618 (578–659) | 631 (590–671) | 620 (586–666) | 617 (579–659) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26 (23–29) | 26 (24–29) | 26 (23–28) | 26 (23–29) | 26 (23–29) | 26 (23–29) | 26 (24–29) | 26 (23–29) | 26 (23–29) | 27 (24–30) |
Data are n (%) for categorical variables and median (interquartile range) for continuous variables. Baseline characteristics were obtained at the day of examination. Time since last meal (hours) was recorded by the examiner immediately before blood sampling. Time since last meal was obtained once for each participant. BMI = body mass index.