Baseline characteristics for all diabetic and non-diabetic subjects free of cardiovascular disease aged 35–70 years in the Health Survey for England 1998
| Diabetic | Non-diabetic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Men (n=52) | Women (n=49) | Total (n=101) | Men (n=1723) | Women (n=2554) | Total (n=4277) |
| Values are mean (SD) or n (%). All subjects had total cholesterol measurements ≥5.0 mmol/l and complete data for coronary heart disease risk assessment. | ||||||
| ***p<0.001, **p<0.01 v non-diabetic subjects. | ||||||
| BP, blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein; TC, total cholesterol. | ||||||
| Age (years) | 55.2 (9.6) | 57.0 (10.5) | 56.1 (10.0)*** | 50.6 (11.0) | 51.8 (9.7) | 51.3 (9.8) |
| Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 143 (20) | 150 (27) | 146 (24)*** | 138 (26) | 134 (19) | 136 (18) |
| Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 82 (11) | 80 (14) | 81 (13)** | 81 (13) | 75 (12) | 77 (12) |
| Serum TC (mmol/l) | 6.0 (0.7) | 6.3 (1.0) | 6.1 (0.8) | 6.1 (0.9) | 6.2 (0.9) | 6.1 (0.9) |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.1 (0.4) | 1.5 (0.4) | 1.3 (0.4)*** | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.6 (0.4) | 1.4 (0.4) |
| Smokers | 18 (34.6%) | 10 (20.4%) | 28 (27.7%) | 540 (31.3%) | 627 (24.5%) | 1167 (27.3%) |