Table 1 Presentation of baseline characteristics, including age and sex related differences, for 1027 patients with type 2 diabetes

n

1027

330

697

113

217

297

400

Sex

Women

410 (40)

113 (34)

297 (43)

0.011

-

-

-

-

-

-

Men

617 (60)

217 (66)

400 (57)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Age

-

-

-

-

52 (45, 56)

53 (45, 57)

0.37 ^b

69 (65, 74)

70 (66, 76)

0.065 ^b

Depression (current) (HADS-D ≥ 8) ^c

121 (12)

60 (18)

61 (9)

< 0.001

35 (31)

25 (12)

< 0.001

26 (9)

35 (9)

> 0.99

Depression (previous) ^d

191 (20)

83 (28)

108 (17)

< 0.001

45 (43)

38 (19)

< 0.001

63 (45)

45 (12)

< 0.001

Anxiety (HADS-A ≥ 8) ^e

195 (19)

102 (31)

93 (13)

< 0.001

48 (42)

54 (25)

0.001

52 (18)

41 (10)

0.005

Antidepressants ^f

92 (16)

43 (22)

49 (13)

0.003

29 (37)

14 (12)

< 0.001

33 (20)

16 (8)

< 0.001

Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) ^g

538 (55)

203 (65)

335 (50)

< 0.001

81 (73)

122 (60)

0.023

153 (55)

182 (47)

0.048

Obesity (severe) (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m²) ^g

67 (7)

38 (12)

29 (4)

< 0.001

20 (18)

18 (9)

0.017

19 (7)

10 (3)

0.008

HbA1c > 64 mmol/mol (> 8%) ^h

253 (25)

122 (37)

131 (19)

< 0.001

21 (19)

101 (46)

< 0.001

46 (16)

84 (21)

0.081

Smoking ⁱ

127 (13)

61 (19)

66 (10)

< 0.001

28 (26)

33 (16)

0.029

30 (10)

36 (9)

0.64

Physical inactivity ^j

294 (31)

115 (37)

179 (28)

0.003

36 (33)

79 (39)

0.32

78 (28)

101 (27)

0.78

Myocardial infarction (previous) ^k

95 (10)

13 (4)

82 (13)

< 0.001

4 (9)

9 (5)

> 0.99 ^l

19 (7)

63 (17)

< 0.001

Stroke (previous)^m

62 (7)

8 (3)

54 (8)

0.001 ^l

5 (5)

3 (2)

0.13 ^l

15 (6)

39 (10)

0.025