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. 2019 Jan 9;40(34):2899–2906. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy839

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for study populations used in the Diabetes Lifetime-perspective prediction model pooled by geographical origin

Derivation
Validation
Group size NDR derivation (n = 292 024) NDR validation (n = 97 342) Western- Europe (n = 7742) Eastern- Europe (n = 2142) North- America (n = 14 590) Asia and Oceania (n = 5580) Scotland (n = 167 731)
Age (year) 65 (57–74) 65 (57–74) 65 (59–70) 65 (59–71) 63 (58–68) 65 (60–69) 60 (51–68)
Sex (male) 164 672 (56%) 54 584 (56%) 5074 (66%) 949 (44%) 8488 (58%) 3196 (57%) 96 989 (58%)
Current smoking 48 235 (17%) 16 206 (17%) 1419 (18%) 377 (18%) 1989 (14%) 741 (13%) 59 434 (35%)
Duration of diabetes mellitus (year) 2 (0–7) 2 (0–7) 2 (2–5) 7 (3–12) 6 (2–12) 7 (3–12) 0 (0–0)
Insulin treatment 49 388 (17%) 16 639 (17%) 606 (8%) 43 (2%) 3587 (25%) 84 (2%) 16 373 (10%)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 140 (128–150) 140 (128–150) 150 (137–164) 148 (135–163) 139 (127–150) 141 (128–155) 135 (125–145)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 29 (26–33) 29 (26–33) 29 (26–32) 30 (27–33) 31 (28–35) 26 (24–29) 32 (28–36)
HbA1c (mmol/mol) 50 (44–59) 50 (44–59) 53 (45–64) 56 (46–69) 63 (55–73) 55 (48–67) 53 (46–65)
Non-HDL-c (mmol/L) 3.7 (3.0–4.5) 3.7 (3.0–4.5) 3.8 (3.1–4.6) 4.3 (3.6–5.1) 3.9 (3.1–4.6) 3.8 (3.1–4.6) 3.4 (2.7–4.3)
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2; CKD-EPI) 84 (68–96) 84 (68–96) 72 (61–86) 70 (59–83) 81 (67–94) 79 (65––92) 83 (68–96)
Micro-albuminuria 43 231 (15%) 14 668 (15%) 2707 (35%) 560 (26%) 2892 (20%) 1731 (31%) 24 631 (15%)
Macro-albuminuria 20 526 (7%) 6832 (7%) 201 (3%) 99 (5%) 761 (5%) 276 (5%) 2318 (1 %)
History of CVD 55 896 (19%) 18 674 (19%) 2618 (34%) 771 (36%) 4948 (34%) 1784 (32%) 24 853 (15%)