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Table 1 Patient characteristics for T2DM patients

From: Increased cancer incidence risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from a cohort study in Tyrol/Austria

 

Patients with registered date of diabetes diagnosis (N = 5709)

Patients without registered date of diabetes diagnosis (N = 1918)

Full analysis (N = 7627)

Median age at onset (years) and 25 and 75 percentiles

57 48/66

64 55/73

59 50/68

Sex,% females

47.0

42.4

45.9

Distribution by year of diabetes diagnosis (quinquennium)

1988-1990: 10.7%

 

1988-1990: 8.0%

1991-1995: 7.3%

 

1991-1995: 5.5%

1996-2000: 19.2%

 

1996-2000: 14.3%

2001-2005: 25.5%

 

2001-2005: 19.1%

2006-2010: 37.3%

 

2006-2010: 53.1%

HbA1c(%) 1)

7.7

7.8

7.7

Obesity,% of patients with BMI ≥ 30

41.4

39.1

40.8

Family history,% of patients with diabetes in first-degree relatives

44.8

44.6

44.8

Late complications,% of patients with at least one late complication2)

38.5

42.9

38.5

  1. 1)Data are presented as mean of measures per patient.
  2. 2) Late complications: nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, foot complications, amputation, myocardial infarction, apoplexy, peripheral arterial insufficiency, coronary artery bypass (PTCA).