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. 2013 Oct 24;5:57. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-5-57

Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics by geographical region

  All China South Asia East Asia North Africa Middle East Latin America Russia
All patients
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Age, yr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
65,381
10,889
21,775
9,966
4,011
14,549
1,126
3,065
  mean (SD)
54.0 (12.0)
54.9 (14.7)
51.7 (10.2)
56.5 (12.1)
58.1 (11.8)
52.5 (11.4)
59.5 (12.9)
59.2 (9.2)
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
66,656
11,019
22,436
10,030
4,032
14,927
1,138
3,074
  male (%)
37,033 (55.6)
6,300 (57.2)
13,908 (62.0)
5,092 (50.8)
1,717 (42.6)
8,636 (57.9)
485 (42.6)
895 (29.1)
BMI, kg/m2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
59,115
10,817
19,292
8,664
3,611
12,571
1,092
3,068
  mean (SD)
27.1 (5.0)
24.7 (3.4)
26.3 (3.8)
24.8 (4.3)
28.0 (5.0)
30.4 (5.5)
29.4 (5.6)
31.1 (5.3)
Diabetes duration, yr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
65,786
10,814
22,316
9,776
4,016
14,658
1,135
3,071
  mean (SD)
8.0 (6.2)
6.3 (6.3)
6.4 (4.7)
8.6 (6.9)
11.5 (7.2)
9.8 (6.0)
12.0 (8.3)
8.4 (5.4)
Patients with macrovascular complications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Age, yr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
17,506
2,318
4,806
2,662
972
4,195
333
2,220
  mean (SD)
59.3 (10.6)
61.7 (14.1)
56.3 (8.9)
61.5 (10.6)
63.6 (9.5)
57.7 (10.1)
65.1 (9.9)
61.0 (8.5)
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
17,786
2,342
4,943
2,684
978
4,278
335
2,226
  male (%)
9,618 (54.1)
1,271 (54.3)
3,178 (64.3)
1,350 (50.3)
488 (49.9)
2,567 (60.0)
156 (46.6)
608 (27.3)
BMI, kg/m2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
16,271
2,306
4,645
2,310
867
3,603
317
2,223
  mean (SD)
27.9 (5.3)
25.1 (3.4)
26.2 (3.6)
25.3 (4.3)
28.8 (5.1)
31.1 (5.5)
30.4 (6.0)
31.6 (5.3)
Diabetes duration, yr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
17,653
2,297
4,938
2,635
973
4,251
335
2,224
  mean (SD)
10.3 (6.6)
9.4 (7.0)
8.4 (5.1)
10.5 (7.3)
14.2 (7.9)
12.4 (6.4)
14.6 (8.6)
9.2 (5.4)
Patients with microvascular complications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Age, yr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
34,518
5,399
8,103
5,582
2,386
9,602
710
2,736
  mean (SD)
56.9 (11.2)
57.9 (14.1)
54.8 (9.7)
59.0 (11.2)
60.9 (10.5)
54.6 (10.4)
61.0 (12.1)
59.8 (8.9)
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
35,033
5,467
8,288
5,614
2,395
9,810
715
2,744
  male (%)
18,542 (52.9)
2,957 (54.1)
5,067 (61.1)
2,752 (49.0)
994 (41.5)
5,703 (58.1)
293 (41.0)
776 (28.3)
BMI, kg/m2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
31,894
5,364
7,644
4,946
2,154
8,361
686
2,739
  mean (SD)
27.6 (5.3)
24.7 (3.4)
26.1 (3.7)
25.0 (4.3)
28.4 (5.0)
30.9 (5.5)
29.4 (5.7)
31.2 (5.3)
Diabetes duration, yr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  n
34,666
5,371
8,281
5,514
2,379
9,667
712
2,742
  mean (SD) 9.9 (6.4) 8.4 (6.7) 8.2 (4.9) 10.4 (7.2) 13.6 (7.3) 11.2 (6.0) 13.7 (8.3) 8.9 (5.4)

Note: due to the observational nature of this study, not all baseline data were recorded.

BMI = body mass index.