Table 1.
Characteristics of patients at the time of their focal event
| Men (n=7673) | Mean (sd) Age at event |
Women (n=6211) | Mean (sd) Age at event |
All (n=13884) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number events | |||||
| Focal event type n (%) | |||||
| Myocardial infarction | 2624 | 68.0 (11.7) | 1844 | 74.1 (11.4) | 4468 (32.2) |
| Stroke | 2174 | 71.3 (10.5) | 1764 | 75.4 (11.1) | 3938 (28.4) |
| Heart failure | 1903 | 72.4 (10.6) | 1924 | 75.9 (10.5) | 3827 (27.6) |
| Ulcer | 424 | 68.0 (12.6) | 396 | 72.3 (12.9) | 820 (5.9) |
| Amputation | 505 | 68.7(11.3) | 274 | 72.4 (12.2) | 779 (5.6) |
| Renal failure | 222 | 63.2 (12.5) | 158 | 62.6 (12.3) | 380 (2.7) |
| Total Deaths (1991–1999) | 3784 (49.3) | 74.9 (10.3) | 3528 (56.8) | 78.5 (10.3) | 7312 (52.7) |
| Death in year of focal event | 1962 (25.6) | 75.2 (10.2) | 1912 (30.8) | 79.0 (10.1) | 3874 (27.9) |
| Deaths in subsequent years | 1822 (23.7) | 74.7 (10.5) | 1616 (26.0) | 78.0 (10.4) | 3438 (24.8) |
| Prior comorbidities | 283 (3.7) | 265 (4.3) | 548 (3.9) | ||
| Type 1 diabetes | 1097 (14.3) | 772 (12.4) | 1869 (13.5) | ||