Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2024.
World J Diabetes. Apr 15, 2024; 15(4): 697-711
Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v15.i4.697
Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants by diabetes and controls for analysis of vision acuity1
< 45 yr
45-49 yr
50-54 yr
55-59 yr
60-64 yr
≥ 65 yr
Non-diabetes
Diabetes
Non-diabetes
Diabetes
Non-diabetes
Diabetes
Non-diabetes
Diabetes
Non-diabetes
Diabetes
Non-diabetes
Diabetes
Age (yr)53.1 ± 8.652.8 ± 8.554.8 ± 8.554.7 ± 5.859.0 ± 7.958.9 ± 4.862.5 ± 5.962.3 ± 3.565.2 ± 3.665.0 ± 2.467.5 ± 2.867.6 ± 1.3
Gender
Female751 (37.6)379 (37.9)577 (36.4)284 (35.8)937 (39.2)480 (40.2)1035 (35.5)512 (35.1)962 (36.7)485 (37.1)363 (41.4)177 (40.4)
Male1249 (62.5)621 (62.1)1009 (63.6)509 (64.2)1453 (60.8)715 (59.8)1879 (64.5)945 (64.9)1656 (63.3)824 (62.9)513 (58.6)261 (59.6)
Ethnicity
Whites1268 (63.4)606 (60.6)1078 (68.0)518 (65.3)1793 (75.0)866 (72.5)2478 (85.0)1223 (83.9)2302 (87.9)1122 (85.7)768 (87.7)379 (86.5)
Non-whites611 (30.6)373 (37.3)454 (28.6)270 (34.0)511 (21.4)306 (25.6)378 (13.0)222 (15.2)267 (10.2)172 (13.1)86 (9.8)54 (12.3)
Unknown121 (6.1)21 (2.1)54 (3.4)5 (0.6)86 (3.6)23 (1.9)58 (2.0)12 (0.8)49 (1.9)15 (1.1)22 (2.5)5 (1.1)
Education
0-5 yr585 (29.3)285 (28.5)490 (30.9)215 (27.1)683 (28.6)330 (27.6)755 (25.9)359 (24.6)619 (23.6)306 (23.4)193 (22.0)92 (21.0)
6-12 yr942 (47.1)487 (48.7)811 (51.1)430 (54.2)1171 (49.0)589 (49.3)1359 (46.6)693 (47.6)1156 (44.2)590 (45.1)375 (42.8)183 (41.8)
≥ 13 yr369 (18.5)192 (19.2)239 (15.1)130 (16.4)462 (19.3)244 (20.4)736 (25.3)370 (25.4)783 (29.9)385 (29.4)287 (32.8)151 (34.5)
Missing104 (5.2)36 (3.6)46 (2.9)18 (2.3)74 (3.1)32 (2.7)64 (2.2)35 (2.4)60 (2.3)28 (2.1)21 (2.4)12 (2.7)
Household income (pounds)
< 18000475 (23.8)266 (26.6)359 (22.6)217 (27.4)607 (25.4)330 (27.6)842 (28.9)418 (28.7)796 (30.4)414 (31.6)286 (32.6)165 (37.7)
18000-30999377 (18.9)212 (21.2)346 (21.8)167 (21.1)521 (21.8)244 (20.4)718 (24.6)370 (25.4)673 (25.7)341 (26.1)227 (25.9)106 (24.2)
31000-51999372 (18.6)179 (17.9)313 (19.7)143 (18.0)415 (17.4)205 (17.2)493 (16.9)245 (16.8)402 (15.4)199 (15.2)120 (13.7)55 (12.6)
52000-100000256 (12.8)113 (11.3)234 (14.8)106 (13.4)298 (12.5)151 (12.6)301 (10.3)149 (10.2)220 (8.4)106 (8.1)52 (5.9)23 (5.3)
> 10000072 (3.6)34 (3.4)61 (3.8)24 (3.0)77 (3.2)29 (2.4)82 (2.8)36 (2.5)54 (2.1)15 (1.1)14 (1.6)5 (1.1)
Unknown132 (6.6)76 (7.6)70 (4.4)56 (7.1)122 (5.1)83 (6.9)117 (4.0)71 (4.9)126 (4.8)71 (5.4)44 (5.0)24 (5.5)
Not answered316 (15.8)120 (12.0)203 (12.8)80 (10.1)350 (14.6)153 (12.8)361 (12.4)168 (11.5)347 (13.3)163 (12.5)133 (15.2)60 (13.7)
Physical activity (MET-minutes/week)2225 ± 20872269 ± 21342154 ± 20192147 ± 20862206 ± 20232180 ± 21712433 ± 21902384 ± 22042410 ± 22062426 ± 22312591 ± 23412518 ± 2271
Alcohol consumption
Never233 (11.7)156 (15.6)178 (11.2)106 (13.4)205 (8.6)135 (11.3)213 (7.3)107 (7.3)168 (6.4)91 (7.0)60 (6.8)30 (6.8)
Previous110 (5.5)78 (7.8)96 (6.1)58 (7.3)138 (5.8)85 (7.1)170 (5.8)81 (5.6)131 (5.0)77 (5.9)55 (6.3)34 (7.8)
Current1595 (79.8)755 (75.5)1283 (80.9)623 (78.6)2000 (83.7)966 (80.8)2509 (86.1)1260 (86.5)2294 (87.6)1133 (86.6)751 (85.7)371 (84.7)
Missing62 (3.1)11 (1.1)29 (1.8)6 (0.8)47 (2.0)9 (0.8)22 (0.8)9 (0.6)25 (1.0)8 (0.6)10 (1.1)3 (0.7)
Smoking
Never1089 (54.5)591 (59.1)778 (49.1)405 (51.1)1132 (47.4)590 (49.4)1271 (43.6)648 (44.5)1144 (43.7)550 (42.0)383 (43.7)182 (41.6)
Former581 (29.1)260 (26.0)563 (35.5)258 (32.5)946 (39.6)458 (38.3)1308 (44.9)648 (44.5)1220 (46.6)632 (48.3)410 (46.8)222 (50.7)
Current260 (13.0)130 (13.0)222 (14.0)124 (15.6)273 (11.4)130 (10.9)312 (10.7)145 (10.0)221 (8.4)109 (8.3)70 (8.0)31 (7.1)
Missing70 (3.5)19 (1.9)23 (1.5)6 (0.8)39 (1.6)17 (1.4)23 (0.8)16 (1.1)33 (1.3)18 (1.4)13 (1.5)3 (0.7)
Sleep duration (h)
< 7580 (29.0)313 (31.3)474 (29.9)281 (35.4)652 (27.3)347 (29.0)745 (25.6)392 (26.9)594 (22.7)314 (24.0)231 (26.4)98 (22.4)
7-91274 (63.7)625 (62.5)1025 (64.6)461 (58.1)1604 (67.1)782 (65.4)2043 (70.1)982 (67.4)1880 (71.8)923 (70.5)610 (69.6)320 (73.1)
> 964 (3.2)39 (3.9)48 (3.0)37 (4.7)72 (3.0)42 (3.5)90 (3.1)63 (4.3)102 (3.9)55 (4.2)23 (2.6)11 (2.5)
Missing82 (4.1)23 (2.3)39 (2.5)14 (1.8)62 (2.6)24 (2.0)36 (1.2)20 (1.4)42 (1.6)17 (1.3)12 (1.4)9 (2.1)
BMI (kg/m2)31.3 ± 6.731.2 ± 6.731.8 ± 6.632.0 ± 6.331.0 ± 6.131.3 ± 5.630.8 ± 5.530.9 ± 5.130.6 ± 5.530.6 ± 5.129.8 ± 4.930.1 ± 4.9
Cholesterol (mmol/L)4.67 ± 1.014.62 ± 1.114.63 ± 1.004.59 ± 1.084.59 ± 0.954.58 ± 1.064.58 ± 0.954.52 ± 1.054.68 ± 0.954.61 ± 1.044.71 ± 0.964.68 ± 1.06
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.24 ± 0.311.23 ± 0.331.21 ± 0.311.22 ± 0.331.24 ± 0.301.24 ± 0.311.24 ± 0.311.24 ± 0.301.27 ± 0.301.26 ± 0.311.29 ± 0.321.27 ± 0.31
LDL-C (mmol/L)2.83 ± 0.752.81 ± 0.832.79 ± 0.722.78 ± 0.782.75 ± 0.682.76 ± 0.782.72 ± 0.682.70 ± 0.762.80 ± 0.692.76 ± 0.772.83 ± 0.712.82 ± 0.78
Triglycerides (mmol/L)1.88 ± 1.281.92 ± 1.152.08 ± 1.472.07 ± 1.222.01 ± 1.372.00 ± 1.102.11 ± 1.412.10 ± 1.212.01 ± 1.212.02 ± 1.041.96 ± 1.191.98 ± 1.01
HbA1c (mmol/mol)36.6 ± 5.353.5 ± 16.6236.6 ± 5.052.8 ± 15.6237.0 ± 4.951.2 ± 13.8237.1 ± 5.349.4 ± 12.5237.3 ± 7.047.4 ± 10.9237.6 ± 10.345.5 ± 9.62
Hypertension1058 (52.9)528 (52.8)971 (61.2)480 (60.5)1486 (62.2)746 (62.4)1883 (64.6)930 (63.8)1707 (65.2)842 (64.3)547 (62.4)280 (63.9)
Heart disease200 (10.0)99 (9.9)177 (11.2)95 (12.0)314 (13.1)157 (13.1)481 (16.5)230 (15.8)447 (17.1)222 (17.0)158 (18.0)78 (17.8)
Depression162 (8.1)84 (8.4)129 (8.1)66 (8.3)146 (6.1)70 (5.9)190 (6.5)95 (6.5)127 (4.9)63 (4.8)24 (2.7)12 (2.7)