Baseline characteristics by incident type 2 diabetes (T2D) status and ethnicity, complete cases (N=2189)
| Baseline characteristics | Incident T2D (N=484) | No T2D (N=1705) | ||||||
| EU (N=168) | SA (N=232) | AC (N=84) | P value | EU (N=1031) | SA (N=473) | AC (N=201) | P value | |
| Age (years) | 51.5 (6.4) | 49.4 (6.2) | 53.1 (5.7) | 0.489 | 52.9 (7.2) | 50.3 (6.9) | 52.8 (6.3) | 0.003** |
| Sex (proportion male) | 132 (79) | 212 (91) | 50 (60) | <0.001*** | 802 (78) | 393 (83) | 114 (57) | <0.001*** |
| SEP (years of education) | 10.4 (2.2) | 12.3 (3.6) | 10.8 (2.7) | 0.032* | 10.7 (2.6) | 12.4 (3.8) | 11.0 (3.0) | <0.001*** |
| Physical activity (MJ/wk) | 10.7 (6.7) | 9.4 (5.9) | 10.8 (7.7) | 0.664 | 11.6 (7.3) | 9.8 (6.8) | 11.4 (6.7) | 0.015* |
| Smoking status | <0.001*** | <0.001*** | ||||||
| Never smoker | 53 (32) | 161 (69) | 60 (71) | 325 (32) | 383 (81) | 129 (64) | ||
| Ex-smoker | 59 (35) | 45 (19) | 13 (15) | 326 (32) | 49 (10) | 40 (20) | ||
| Current smoker | 56 (33) | 26 (11) | 11 (13) | 380 (37) | 41 (9) | 32 (16) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.3 (4.7) | 26.7 (3.2) | 29.0 (4.8) | 0.922 | 25.5 (3.6) | 25.4 (3.7) | 26.9 (4.2) | <0.001*** |
Values represent means (SDs) or n (%).
P value from either one-way ANOVA or Pearson’s χ2 test. P:***<0.001, **<0.01, *<0.05. Bold P values represent P<0.05.
AC, African-Caribbeans; ANOVA, analysis of variance; BMI, body mass index; EU, Europeans; SA, South-Asians; SEP, socioeconomic position.