Table 1 Population characteristics of establishment population from the RuralDiab study for developing the RuralDiab risk score.

From: Development and evaluation of a risk score for type 2 diabetes mellitus among middle-aged Chinese rural population based on the RuralDiab Study

Characteristics

Men(n = 1746)

Women(n = 3707)

Total(n = 5453)

P-value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

47.92 ± 6.97

48.30 ± 6.71

48.18 ± 6.80

0.053

Education, n (%)

   

<0.001

 Illiterate

23 (1.32)

160 (4.32)

183 (3.36)

 

 Primary school

231 (13.23)

765 (20.64)

996 (18.27)

 

 Secondary school

1358 (77.78)

2649 (71.46)

4007 (73.48)

 

 College and above

134 (7.67)

133 (3.59)

267 (4.90)

 

Marital status, n (%)

   

0.196

 Married/cohabitation

1681 (96.28)

3541 (95.52)

5222 (95.76)

 

 Unmarried/divorced/widowed

65 (3.72)

166 (4.48)

231 (4.24)

 

Family history of diabetes, n (%)

119 (6.82)

309 (8.34)

428 (7.85)

0.052

High fat intake, n (%)

717 (41.07)

924 (24.93)

1641 (30.09)

<0.001

More vegetable and fruit intake, n (%)

479 (27.43)

977 (26.36)

1456 (26.70)

0.401

Current smoking, n (%)

921 (52.75)

7 (0.19)

928 (17.02)

<0.001

Treated with anti-hypertensive medication, n (%)

181 (10.37)

369 (9.95)

550 (10.09)

0.637

Physical activity, n (%)

1104 (63.23)

2628 (70.89)

3732 (68.44)

<0.001

Waist circumference (cm, mean ± SD)

88.24 ± 9.94

84.07 ± 9.36

85.40 ± 9.75

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

25.41 ± 3.37

25.57 ± 3.42

25.52 ± 3.40

0.113

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg, mean ± SD)

124.31 ± 16.45

119.85 ± 18.22

121.28 ± 17.80

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg, mean ± SD)

81.17 ± 12.00

77.29 ± 11.35

78.53 ± 11.70

<0.001

Hypertension, n (%)

518 (29.67)

854 (23.04)

1372 (25.16)

<0.001

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

772 (44.22)

970 (26.17)

1742 (31.95)

<0.001

Fasting glucose (mmol/L, mean ± SD)

5.47 ± 1.29

5.32 ± 1.11

5.37 ± 1.18

<0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/L, mean ± SD)

1.90 ± 1.39

1.58 ± 1.10

1.68 ± 1.21

<0.001

HDL-C(mmol/L, mean ± SD)

1.15 ± 0.36

1.27 ± 0.45

1.23 ± 0.43

<0.001

Undiagnosed T2DM, n (%)

97 (5.56)

137 (3.70)

234 (4.29)

0.002

  1. SD = standard deviation; HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol.