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Table 1 Basic characteristics of study population according to the Chinese famine exposure

From: The association between fetal-stage exposure to the China famine and risk of diabetes mellitus in adulthood: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

 

Non-exposed group

Fetal exposed group

Infant exposed group

Preschool exposed group

P value

Birth date

10/1/1962–9/30/1964

10/1/1959–9/30/1961

1/1/1958–12/31/1958

1/1/1956–12/31/1957

 

N

1536

832

519

1251

 

Women, n (%)

803(52.3)

439 (52.8)

241 (46.4)

615 (49.2)

0.035

Diabetes, n (%)

139 (9.0)

113 (13.6)*

66 (12.7)*

135 (10.8)

0.004

Age (Mean ± SD, years)

48.84 ± 0.66

51.83 ± 0.66

54.00 ± 0.00

55.49 ± 0.50

< 0.001

Physical activity level, n (%)

    

0.215

 Light

1007 (65.6)

540 (64.9)

371 (71.5)

821 (65.6)

 

 Moderate

306 (19.9)

166 (20.0)

88 (17.0)

257 (20.5)

 

 Vigorous

223 (14.5)

126 (15.1)

60 (11.6)

173 (13.8)

 

Smoking, n (%)

    

0.018

 Never

1048 (68.2)

554 (66.6)

330 (63.3)

775 (62.0)

 

 Former

80 (5.2)

36 (4.3)

28 (5.4)

78 (6.2)

 

 Current

408 (26.6)

242 (29.1)

161 (31.0)

398 (31.8)

 

Drinking, n (%)

    

0.613

 Never

956 (62.2)

514 (61.8)

320 (61.7)

791 (63.2)

 

 Former

154 (10.0)

81 (9.7)

54 (10.4)

100 (8.0)

 

 Current

426 (27.7)

237 (28.5)

145 (27.9)

360 (28.8)

 

Own education, n (%)

    

< 0.001

 Primary school and below

647 (42.1)

356 (42.8)

276 (53.2)

730 (58.4)

 

 Junior

579 (37.7)

224 (26.9)

145 (27.9)

313 (25.0)

 

 High school

251 (16.3)

225 (27.0)

88 (17.0)

188 (15.0)

 

 College and above

59 (3.8)

27 (3.2)

10 (1.9)

20 (1.6)

 

Parents’ education, n (%)

    

0.667

 Primary school and below

1367 (89.0)

744 (89.4)

468 (90.2)

1141 (91.2)

 

 Junior

87 (5.7)

47 (5.6)

24 (4.6)

57 (4.6)

 

 High school

65 (4.2)

30 (3.6)

20 (3.9)

45 (3.6)

 

 College and above

17 (1.1)

11 (1.3)

7 (1.3)

8 (0.6)

 

Overweight/obesity, n (%)

543 (48.1)

290 (47.0)

170 (44.0)

402 (41.3)

0.012

BMI (Mean ± SD, kg/m2)

24.21 ± 3.61

24.29 ± 4.22

23.72 ± 3.85

23.69 ± 3.79

0.002

FPG (Mean ± SD, mg/dl)

107.15 ± 34.11

110.13 ± 39.38

110.81 ± 38.78

108.19 ± 30.70

0.246

Hb1Ac%(Mean ± SD,%)

5.21 ± 0.84

5.26 ± 0.88

5.30 ± 0.88

5.23 ± 0.80

0.272

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose
  2. *Compared with the non-exposed cohort, P < 0.05