Rationale, design and baseline patient characteristics of the optimal type 2 diabetes management including benchmarking and standard treatment study in Greece

Table 1 History data of the study population in Greece

Variable	Value
Age (yr)	64 ± 11
Male gender	457 (57.3)
Positive family history of diabetes	483 (64.2)
Family history of premature heart disease	213 (28.4)
Time since diagnosis of diabetes (yr)	9.2 ± 8.3
Age at diagnosis of diabetes (yr)	54 ± 11
Smoking status
Current smokers	194 (24.3)
Ex-smokers	171 (21.4)
Non-smokers	432 (54.2)

Data are expressed as absolute numbers (percentage) or mean ± SD.