Table 1.
Screening group n=13,992 | No-screening (control) group n=125,083 | |
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Mean age at diagnosis (SD), years | 59.9 (7.7) | 59.2 (9.2) |
Male sex, n (%) | 7495 (53.4) | 70,559 (56.4) |
Years of education, n (%) | ||
0 to 10 | 5610 (40.1) | 55,770 (44.6) |
10 to 15 | 6237 (44.6) | 55,230 (44.2) |
15+ | 2145 (15.3) | 14,083 (11.3) |
European citizenship, n (%) | 13,809 (99.0) | 121,572 (98.2) |
Previous IHD, n (%)a | 1586 (11.3) | 16,217 (13.0) |
Previous stroke, n (%)a | 628 (4.5) | 6852 (5.5) |
Previous cancer, n (%)a | 2027 (14.5) | 19,276 (15.4) |
Data taken from the National Patient Registry; data included from 1994 until date of diabetes diagnosis; IHD = ischaemic heart disease