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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Walkability and its association with prevalent and incident diabetes among adults in different regions of Germany: results of pooled data from five German cohorts

 

Sample for examining prevalent T2D

(N = 16,008)

Sample for examining incident T2D

(N = 12,105)

Prevalent T2D at baseline

(N = 1256)

No T2D at baseline

(N = 14,752)

Incident T2D during follow-up

(N = 1032)

No T2D during follow-up

(N = 11,073)

Male

n (%)

707 (56.3)

7231 (49.0)

588 (57.0)

5271 (47.6)

Age at baseline

Mean (SD)

63.9 (9.8)

53.5 (13.9)

59.0 (9.9)

52.9 (13.4)

Education (years)

 9–10

n (%)

260 (20.7)

1598 (10.8)

112 (10.9)

1012 (9.1)

 12–13

n (%)

613 (48.8)

7722 (52.3)

575 (55.7)

5731 (51.8)

 14–17

n (%)

218 (17.4)

2786 (18.9)

189 (18.3)

2168 (19.6)

  ≥ 18

n (%)

165 (13.1)

2646 (17.9)

156 (15.1)

2162 (19.5)

Walkability measures

 Impedance

Mean (SD)

1623.9 (307.4)

1616.1 (289.9)

1615.3 (267.1)

1616.5 (288.6)

 Transit stations

Median (Q1-Q3)

4.6 (2.7–6.9)

4.3 (2.3–6.9)

4.7 (2.5–7.1)

4.3 (2.4–6.9)

 Points of interest

Median (Q1-Q3)

5.0 (2.3–10.1)

4.8 (2.1–9.5)

5.3 (2.6–9.8)

4.8 (2.2–9.0)

Risk factors for T2D

Practicing sports

 More than 2 h/week

n (%)

196 (15.7)

3470 (23.7)

200 (19.5)

2804 (25.5)

 1–2 h/week

n (%)

144 (11.5)

2767 (18.8)

156 (15.2)

2169 (19.7)

 Less than 1 h/week

n (%)

97 (7.7)

1673 (11.4)

111 (10.8)

1257 (11.4)

 No sports

n (%)

814 (65.1)

6758 (46.1)

560 (54.5)

4783 (43.4)

 BMI at baseline

Mean (SD), n

30.5 (5.3), 1252

27.3 (4.6), 14,684

30.6 (4.8), 1024

27.0 (4.4), 11,042

  1. T2D Type 2 diabetes, SD Standard deviation, Q Quartile, BMI Body mass index