Table 1

Characteristics of matched individuals with incident type 2 diabetes and never (non) diabetes cohorts, Salford Integrated Database (1995–2012)

New diabetesNever diabetesp Value
Total10 46431 020
Gender
 Men5938 (56.7)17 650 (56.9)
 Women4526 (43.3)13 370 (43.1)0.979*
Year of birth0.881†
 Mean19441944
 Minimum19161916
 Maximum19771977
 Mean age at index date (SD)67.47 (12.3)67.41 (12.3)0.881†
 Mean follow-up time (SD)8.62 (5.1)8.71 (5.1)0.135†
Smoking
 Never4398 (42.0)13 100 (42.2)
 Ever6066 (58.0)17 920 (57.8)0.840*
Closest to index date
 Mean BMI (SD)31.34 (6.3)27.23 (5.0)<0.001†
Comorbidities
Coronary heart disease
 Yes2588 (24.7)4352 (14.0)
 No7876 (75.3)26 668 (86.0)<0.001*
Ever cancer
 Yes1317 (12.6)3992 (12.9)
 No9147 (87.4)27 028 (87.1)<0.001*
  • Values in parentheses are percentages unless otherwise stated.

  • Matched on gender, year of birth, and smoking. Age at assigned date of matched case.

  • *McNemar tests.

  • †Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

  • BMI, body mass index.