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Table 2 Prevalence (95% confidence interval, CI) of type 2 diabetes (T2D), screen-detected type 2 diabetes (ST2D), total type 2 diabetes (TT2D), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT= TT2D, IGT, or IFG) in the study sample according to sex and age groups.

From: High prevalence of obesity, central obesity and abnormal glucose tolerance in the middle-aged Finnish population

 

MEN

WOMEN

 

45–54

55–64

65–74

Total

p*

45–54

55–64

65–74

Total

p*

n

405

485

474

1364

 

479

511

471

1461

 

T2D, %

2.7

8.2

12.2

7.1

< 0.001

2.3

3.5

8.3

3.9

< 0.001

(95% CI)

(1.4–4.8)

(6.0–11.1)

(9.4–15.5)

(5.7–8.5)

 

(1.2–4.1)

(2.1–5.5)

(6.0–11.1)

(2.9–4.9)

 

ST2D, %

5.9

8.7

12.7

9.3

0.002

2.5

8.0

12.1

7.3

< 0.001

(95% CI)

(3.8–8.7)

(6.3–11.5)

(9.8–16.0)

(7.7–11.0)

 

(1.3–4.3)

(5.8–10.7)

(9.3–15.4)

(5.9–8.7)

 

TT2D, %

8.6

16.9

24.9

16.4

< 0.001

4.8

11.5

20.4

11.2

< 0.001

(95% CI)

(6.1–11.8)

(13.7–20.5)

(21.1–29.0)

(14.3–18.5)

 

(3.1–7.1)

(8.9–14.6)

(16.8–24.3)

(9.6–12.8)

 

IGT, %

7.9

15.1

23.8

15.5

< 0.001

10.4

15.1

25.1

17.0

< 0.001

(95% CI)

(5.5–11.0)

(12.0–18.5)

(20.1–27.9)

(13.5–17.6)

 

(7.8–13.5)

(12.1–18.5)

(21.2–29.2)

(15.0–19.1)

 

IFG, %

9.9

12.4

5.9

10.0

0.002

5.2

5.1

4.2

5.2

0.746

(95% CI)

(7.2–13.2)

(9.6–15.6)

(4.0–8.4)

(8.2–11.8)

 

(3.4–7.6)

(3.4–7.4)

(2.6–6.5)

(3.9–6.5)

 

AGT, %

26.4

44.3

54.6

42.0

< 0.001

20.5

31.7

49.7

33.4

< 0.001

(95% CI)

(22.2–31.0)

(39.9–48.9)

(50.0–59.2)

(39.2–44.8)

 

(16.9–24.4)

(27.7–35.9)

(45.1–54.3)

(30.9–36.0)

 
  1. *p-values are for test of equivalence (likelihood-ratio test) between the three age-groups
  2. Total is an estimate of the population prevalence in the age group 45–74 years, taking into account the stratified sampling used in the study.