Research Article
Characteristics of Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes in Chinese Older Adults: A National Prospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Characteristics of younger and older groups of newly diagnosed diabetes participants at baseline.
| | Onset age of diabetes | | | Younger NEW2D group (aged<65 years old) | Older NEW2D group (aged≥65 years old) | value | Total |
| Total, (%) | 4408 (76.4) | 1362 (23.6) | | 5770 (100.0) | Age () | | | <0.001 | | Female, (%) | 1923 (43.63) | 717 (52.64) | <0.001 | 2640 (45.8) | Hospital classification | | | | | 1st tier | 838 (19.0) | 526 (38.6) | <0.001 | 1364 (23.6) | 2nd tier | 1225 (27.8) | 352 (25.8) | 0.148 | 1577 (27.3) | 3rd tier | 2345 (53.2) | 484 (35.5) | <0.001 | 2829 (49.0) | Positive family history of diabetes, (%) | 1440 (32.67) | 188 (13.80) | <0.001 | 1628 (28.2) | Current smoking, (%) | 1146 (26.00) | 125 (9.18) | <0.001 | 1271 (22.0%) | Current drinking, (%) | 542 (12.30) | 78 (5.73) | <0.001 | 620 (10.75) | Regular exercises, (%) | 1485 (33.69) | 531 (38.99) | <0.001 | 2016 (34.9) | BMI () | | | <0.001 | | Percentage with kg/m2 | 1650 (37.4) | 599 (44.0) | <0.001 | 2249 (39.0) | Percentage with kg/m2 | 1959 (44.4) | 585 (43.0) | 0.363 | 2544 (44.1) | Percentage with kg/m2 | 799 (18.1) | 178 (13.1) | <0.001 | 977 (16.9) | T2D only | 1679 (38.1) | 409 (30.0) | <0.001 | 2088 | T2D+HTN | 617 (14.0) | 395 (29.0) | <0.001 | 1012 | T2D+DYLP | 1323 (30.0) | 207 (15.2) | <0.001 | 1530 | T2D+HTN+DYLP | 789 (17.9) | 351 (25.8) | <0.001 | 1140 | Family CVD history | 902 (20.46) | 165 (12.11) | <0.001 | 1067 (18.49) | FPG (mmol/L) | | | <0.001 | | HbA1c (%) | | | <0.001 | | Percentage with | 1904 (43.74) | 772 (57.78) | <0.001 | 2676 (47.04) | Percentage with | 1458 (33.5) | 638 (47.8) | <0.001 | 2096 (36.8) | Percentage with | 955 (21.9) | 417 (31.2) | <0.001 | 1372 (24.1) | Mean SBPs (mmHg) | | | <0.001 | | Mean DBPs (mmHg) | | | <0.001 | | Percentage with mmHg | 1953 (44.3) | 612 (44.9) | 0.683 | 2565 (44.5) | Percentage with mmHg | 3436 (77.9) | 922 (67.7) | <0.001 | 4358 (75.5) | CHO (mmol/L) | | | <0.001 | | HDL-C (mmol/L) | | | <0.001 | | TG (mmol/L) | | | <0.001 | | LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.9 ± 1.0 | | 0.001 | | Percentage with mmol/L | 1608 (37.0) | 531 (39.4) | 0.116 | 2139 (37.6) | , mmHg, and mmol/L | 614 (14.26) | 215 (16.19) | 0.082 | 829 (14.71) | , mmHg, and mmol/L | 476 (11.1) | 179 (13.5) | 0.016 | 655 (11.6) | , mmHg, and mmol/L | 220 (5.1) | 81 (6.1) | 0.161 | 301 (5.3) |
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1st tier: community hospitals; 2nd tier: secondary/city level hospitals; 3rd tier: teaching or comprehensive central hospitals (tier 3); BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; CHO: cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; T2D: diabetes; HTN: hypertension; DYLP: dyslipidemia.
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