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. 2021 Mar 9;151(5):1231–1240. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa447

TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants in 27 cohorts to study the association between legume consumption and incident type 2 diabetes in InterConnect

Analytical sample Women Age2 BMI2 New primary/secondary type 2 diabetes cases Follow-up time3 Total legume intake3 Pulse intake3 Soy intake3
Study (country)1 n % y kg/m2 n y g/day g/day g/day
Americas
 ARIC (USA) 9650 56 53.8 ± 5.7 27.2  ± 5.0 723/2005 9.5 (8.8, 23.2) 36 (23, 58) 33 (19, 51)
 CARDIA (USA) 3920 59 25.0  ± 3.6 24.4  ± 4.8 198/198 25.0 (19.0, 25.0) 16 (4, 38) 2 (0, 9)
 ELSA-Brasil (Brazil) 11,420 57 51.7  ± 9.0 26.7  ± 4.6 340/1009 3.8 (3.5, 4.1) 140 (67,280) 140 (67,280)
 MESA (USA) 4922 54 61.7  ± 10.3 28.0  ± 5.2 228/692 9.0 (6.6, 10.0) 31 (15, 59) 20 (9, 39) 0 (0, 2)
 MTC (Mexico) 59,829 100 41.8  ± 7.7 27.2  ± 4.7 1537/1674 6.5 (6.5, 6.5) 54 (26, 99) 45 (18, 80) 0 (0, 0)
 PRHHP (Puerto Rico) 6977 0 54.1  ± 6.6 25.0  ± 3.9 310/825 5.0 (5.0, 5.0) 84 (0, 126) 84 (0, 126)
 WHI (USA) 83,435 100 63.6  ± 7.4 26.5  ± 5.5 7728/7728 12.1 (8.8, 13.8) 28 (14, 51) 22 (11, 42) 0 (0, 0)
Eastern Mediterranean
 Golestan (Iran) 10,181 52 51.3  ± 7.9 26.8  ± 5.3 550/1191 4.1 (3.4, 5.6) 13 (8, 20) 12 (7, 18) 0 (0, 1)
Europe
 CoLaus (Switzerland) 3813 55 57.1  ± 10.4 25.8  ± 4.3 212/269 5.4 (5.3, 5.6) 3 (0, 8) 2 (0, 5) 0 (0, 0)
 COSM/SMC (Sweden) 49,005 46 59.6  ± 8.8 25.2  ± 3.5 4780/4858 18.0 (18.0, 18.0) 28 (20, 52) 25 (20, 35) 0 (0, 16)
 ELSA (UK) 7159 56 63.8  ± 9.4 28.0  ± 5.1 0/422 7.8 (5.8, 8.1) 0 (0, 0)
 EPIC-InterAct France 795 100 56.9  ± 6.5 24.6  ± 4.7 257/257 9.3 (7.3, 10.5) 13 (3, 26)
 EPIC-InterAct Germany 3448 50 52.4  ± 8.3 27.6  ± 4.8 1505/1505 9.5 (4.9, 11.2) 3 (1, 6)
 EPIC-InterAct Italy 3112 65 51.4  ± 7.7 27.4  ± 4.8 1271/1271 10.9 (6.8, 12.7) 5 (2, 12)
 EPIC-InterAct The Netherlands 2067 83 54.2  ± 10.0 26.6  ± 4.5 741/741 11.1 (6.4, 12.6) 7 (3, 14) 0 (0, 1)
 EPIC-InterAct Spain 5584 57 50.4  ± 7.8 29.3  ± 4.6 2354/2354 12.5 (9.0, 13.6) 45 (26, 73)
 EPIC-InterAct Sweden 5192 53 54.9  ± 9.7 26.7  ± 4.6 2383/2383 11.9 (9.2, 13.6) 0 (0, 1)
 EPIC-InterAct UK 1858 53 58.3  ± 10.5 26.9  ± 4.5 608/608 10.6 (6.3, 12.2) 11 (6, 21) 0 (0, 0)
 FMC (Finland) 9057 49 39.0  ± 15.6 24.8  ± 4.1 481/481 24.3 (22.5, 25.8) 5 (2, 8) 5 (2, 8)
 Hoorn (The Netherlands) 1232 54 60.0  ± 6.7 26.2  ± 3.1 16/94 6.4 (6.1, 6.7) 11 (5, 22) 0 (0, 0)
 SUN (Spain) 19,261 60 37.6  ± 12.0 23.5  ± 3.5 142/142 10.1 (5.9, 12.6) 21 (13, 30) 21 (13, 30)
 Whitehall II (UK) 3991 29 49.6  ± 5.9 25.2  ± 3.7 466/586 16.2 (15.4, 16.6) 19 (10, 33) 16 (10, 25) 0 (0, 0)
 Zutphen Elderly (The Netherlands) 475 0 71.0  ± 4.7 25.7  ± 2.9 11/61 10.2 (5.3, 10.3) 0 (0, 14) 0 (0, 16) 0 (0, 0)
Western Pacific
 AusDiab (Australia) 6153 52 51.3  ± 7.9 26.8  ± 5.3 196/387 11.7 (5.1, 12.2) 26 (16, 40) 25 (15, 38) 0 (0, 1)
 CKB (China) 482,589 59 51.1  ± 10.6 23.6  ± 3.3 9601/9601 7.2 (6.3, 8.1) 34 (9, 34) 34 (9, 34)
 KoGES A&A (Republic of Korea) 5279 52 50.6  ± 8.6 24.5  ± 3.0 81/790 7.7 (3.8, 7.8) 42 (25, 68) 2 (1, 3) 39 (23, 64)
 KoGES CAVAS (Republic of Korea) 7381 64 61.5  ± 9.9 24.2  ± 3.1 31/341 4.1 (3.1, 5.5) 23 (11, 47) 0 (0, 1) 22 (10, 44)
1

ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study; AusDiab, the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study; CARDIA, the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study; CKB, the China Kadoorie Biobank; CoLaus, the Cohorte Lausannoise; COSM, the Cohort of Swedish Men; ELSA, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; ELSA-Brasil, the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health; EPIC, the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer; FMC, the Finnish Mobile Clinic Health Examination Survey; KoGES CAVAS, Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study of Cardiovascular Disease Association; KoGES A&A, Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study Ansan and Ansung; MESA, the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; MTC, the Mexican Teachers Cohort; PRHHP, the Puerto Rico Heart Health Program; SMC, the Swedish Mammography Cohort; SUN, the University of Navarra Follow-up Study; WHI, the Women's Health Initiative.

2

Values are mean  ± SD.

3

Values are median (IQR).