Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants by sex

From: Sex-specific associations of intrapancreatic fat deposition with incident type 2 diabetes

Characteristic

Female

N = 11,895

Male

N = 10,808

Age, y

63 ± 7

65 ± 8

Ethnicity

 Non-white

290 (2.4%)

294 (2.7%)

 White

11,579 (98%)

10,480 (97%)

 TDI

−1.90 ± 2.71

−2.02 ± 2.69

Household, £

 <18,000

1332 (13%)

888 (8.9%)

 18,000–30,999

2416 (23%)

1935 (19%)

 31,000–51,999

3133 (30%)

3055 (31%)

 52,000–100,000

2919 (28%)

3,229 (32%)

 >100,000

734 (7.0%)

901 (9.0%)

Education

 College or university degree

6031 (51%)

5665 (52%)

 Other

5864 (49%)

5142 (48%)

Smoking status

 Current

313 (2.7%)

393 (3.7%)

 Never

7834 (67%)

6427 (60%)

 Previous

3625 (31%)

3898 (36%)

Drinking status

 Current

10,925 (92%)

10,176 (95%)

 Never

475 (4.0%)

219 (2.0%)

 Previous

419 (3.5%)

341 (3.2%)

Healthy diet score

 0

10 (<0.1%)

63 (0.6%)

 1

396 (3.4%)

681 (6.5%)

 2

1632 (14%)

2068 (20%)

 3

3188 (27%)

3156 (30%)

 4

4047 (35%)

3013 (29%)

 5

2348 (20%)

1461 (14%)

Physical activity

 Low

1727 (18%)

1734 (18%)

 Moderate

4150 (43%)

3792 (40%)

 High

3668 (38%)

3857 (41%)

 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

139 ± 21

144 ± 19

 BMI, kg/m2

25.9 ± 4.6

26.7 ± 3.7

 VAT, L

2.59 ± 1.46

4.77 ± 2.23

 Liver PDFF, %

3.8 ± 3.7

4.5 ± 3.9

 IPFD, %

8 ± 7

13 ± 9

 Total cholesterol, mmol/L

5.88 ± 1.07

5.63 ± 1.07

 Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.38 ± 0.73

1.88 ± 1.06

 LDL, mmol/L

3.61 ± 0.82

3.60 ± 0.83

 HDL, mmol/L

1.64 ± 0.37

1.31 ± 0.30

 HbA1c, mmol/mol

34.4 ± 3.7

34.6 ± 3.9

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± SD and categorical variables are presented as n (%).
  2. TDI Townsend deprivation index, BMI body mass index, VAT visceral adipose tissue, PDFF proton density fat fraction, IPFD intrapancreatic fat deposition, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL low-density lipoprotein, HbA1c hemoglobin A1C.