Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics distributed by sex.
From: Incidence and predictors of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a population-based cohort study in Abu Dhabi
Characteristic | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Age (years)* | < 30 | 1325 | 30.4% | 1483 | 34.2% |
30–39 | 1028 | 23.6% | 1153 | 26.6% | |
40–49 | 712 | 16.3% | 809 | 18.7% | |
50–59 | 636 | 14.6% | 540 | 12.5% | |
60–69 | 466 | 10.7% | 249 | 5.7% | |
70–79 | 181 | 4.2% | 87 | 2% | |
>=80 | 12 | 0.3% | 16 | 0.4% | |
Total | 4360 | 50.1% | 4337 | 49.9% | |
Education Level* | Illiterate | 477 | 11.1% | 816 | 18.9% |
Primary | 449 | 10.4% | 411 | 9.5% | |
Intermediate | 1650 | 38.3% | 1290 | 29.9% | |
Secondary | 557 | 12.9% | 354 | 8.2% | |
University | 1070 | 24.8% | 1382 | 32.1% | |
Post Grad | 106 | 2.5% | 58 | 1.3% | |
Total | 4309 | 49.99% | 4311 | 50.01% | |
Smoking Status at baseline* | Yes | 945 | 21.7% | 16 | 0.4% |
No | 3374 | 78.3% | 4295 | 99.6% | |
HDL (mmol/L) * | < 0.9 | 625 | 14.3% | 143 | 3.3% |
0.91–1.14 | 1998 | 45.8% | 928 | 21.4% | |
1.16–1.29 | 564 | 12.9% | 577 | 13.3% | |
>=1.29 | 1174 | 26.9% | 2690 | 62% | |
Total | 4361 | 50.1% | 4338 | 49.9% | |
High Cholesterol level (mmol/L) * | < 4.14 | 1290 | 29.6% | 1105 | 25.5% |
4.14–5.2 | 1563 | 35.9% | 1789 | 41.3% | |
5.2–6.2 | 1027 | 23.6% | 1043 | 24.1% | |
6.2–7.2 | 380 | 8.7% | 313 | 7.2% | |
>=7.2 | 99 | 2.3% | 85 | 2% | |
Total | 4359 | 50.1% | 4335 | 49.9% | |
High cholesterol on treatment* | Yes | 744 | 17.7% | 588 | 13.7% |
Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) (eGFR < 60) | Yes | 84 | 1.9% | 61 | 1.4% |
No | 4277 | 98.1% | 4277 | 98.6% | |
Hypertension* | Yes | 743 | 17.2% | 543 | 12.5% |
No | 3565 | 82.8% | 3795 | 87.5% | |
Blood pressure categorize* | No | 4277 | 98.1% | 4277 | 98.6% |
Normal | 1196 | 27.4% | 819 | 18.9% | |
High normal | 974 | 22.3% | 465 | 10.7% | |
Stage 1 | 649 | 14.9% | 365 | 8.4% | |
Stage 2 | 132 | 3% | 52 | 1.2% | |
Hypertension crisis | 16 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.2% | |
Total | 4361 | 50.1% | 4338 | 49.9% | |
Obesity (BMI classes) * | Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2) | 94 | 2.2% | 166 | 3.8% |
Normal (18.5 kg/m2 -24.9 kg/m2) | 1094 | 25.1% | 1115 | 25.7% | |
Overweight (25 kg/m2 -29.9 kg/m2) | 1696 | 39% | 1275 | 29.5% | |
Class I obesity (30 kg/m2 -34.9 kg/m2) | 980 | 22.5% | 1039 | 24% | |
Class II obesity (35 kg/m2 -39.9 kg/m2) | 309 | 7.1% | 469 | 10.8% | |
Class III obesity ( > = 40 kg/m2) | 180 | 4.1% | 271 | 6.3% | |
Total | 4353 | 50.1% | 4335 | 49.9% | |
