Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population stratified by incidence of diabetes during study period.

From: Identifying top ten predictors of type 2 diabetes through machine learning analysis of UK Biobank data

 

Overall

No diabetes

Diabetes

n

448,277

436,129

12,148

Male (%)

43.9

43.6

55.5

Age (mean (SD))

56.1 (8.1)

56.0 (8.1)

58.6 (7.5)

BMI (mean (SD))

27.2 (4.6)

27.0 (4.5)

31.5 (5.5)

Body fat percentage (mean (SD))

31.3 (8.5)

31.2 (8.5)

34.9 (8.4)

Currently smoking (%)

33.8

33.7

38.7

Weekly alcohol intake (n. of units/week)

14.8 (18.8)

14.8 (18.7)

14.3 (21.8)

Systolic blood pressure (mean (SD))

137.4 (18.6)

137.3 (18.6)

143.9 (18.5)

Diastolic blood pressure (mean (SD))

82.3 (10.1)

82.2 (10.1)

85.3 (10.4)

HbA1c (mean (SD))

35.0 (3.7)

34.8 (3.6)

40.1 (4.2)

LDL (mean (SD))

3.6 (0.9)

3.6 (0.8)

3.5 (0.9)

HDL (mean (SD))

1.5 (0.4)

1.5 (0.4)

1.2 (0.3)

Triglycerides (mean (SD))

1.7 (1.0)

1.7 (1.0)

2.4 (1.3)

Lipid lowering treatment (%)

16.3

15.8

34.1

  1. For continuous variables, means and standard deviations are reported. For categorical variables, percentages are reported. Alcohol intake is presented in terms of the number of standard units consumed per week, with one unit defined as 10 ml or 8 g of pure alcohol according to NHS guidelines.
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