Table 1 Characteristics of participants at baseline.

From: Association between alcohol consumption and incidence of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged Japanese from Panasonic cohort study 12

N

102,802

Age (y)

47.9 (5.8)

Male, n, (%)

79,464 (77.3)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.2 (3.3)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

120.0 (15.0)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

75.5 (11.1)

Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L)

22.5 (12.0)

Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)

24.5 (18.2)

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

126.5 (31.1)

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

60.5 (15.6)

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

115.8 (90.7)

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

93.9 (9.4)

Uric acid (mg/dL)

5.8 (1.4)

Smoking (none/past/current), n, (%)

52,324/15,853/34,625 (50.9/15.4/33.7)

Alcohol consumption

(none /0 < to < 22 /22 to < 39 /39 to < 66 / ≥ 66 g/day), n, (%)

36,092/37,911/18,203/8,960/1,636

(35.1/36.9/17.7/8.7/1.6)

Physical exercise, n, (%)

18,361 (17.9)

  1. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation, or percentage) or absolute number.