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Table 3 Proportion of respondents with risk factors and by diabetes group

From: Prevalence of self-reported diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors in a national survey in the US population: SHIELD (Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes)

  

Type 1

Type 2

  

Risk Factor

Population Sample

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus

0–2 RFs

3–5 RFs

 

(n = 600)

(n = 368)

(n = 3,898)

(n = 5,295)

(n = 5,400)

Men, %

38.7%

38.9%

42.3%

34.5%

43.1%

Abdominal Obesity

41.8%

44.9%

86.6%

48.0%

95.9%

18–44 years

35.4%

44.0%

88.3%

50.9%

97.8%

45–64 years

43.0%

46.0%

88.6%

44.7%

96.8%

≥ 65 years

53.6%

50.0%

83.4%

47.1%

93.8%

BMI ≥28 kg/m2

34.7%

36.7%

76.3%

35.7%

88.0%

18–44 years

32.9%

38.5%

87.3%

42.9%

95.9%

45–64 years

38.9%

34.4%

82.8%

33.4%

92.7%

≥ 65 years

29.1%

25.0%

64.2%

19.9%

79.0%

Dyslipidemia

26.3%

43.5%

72.7%

19.6%

81.2%

18–44 years

12.6%

40.9%

60.2%

9.7%

74.5%

45–64 years

33.2%

46.1%

74.6%

26.9%

80.1%

≥ 65 years

41.8%

75.0%

74.5%

32.0%

85.5%

Hypertension

20.8%

30.4%

67.6%

12.6%

76.2%

18–44 years

7.3%

24.1%

47.8%

4.0%

60.9%

45–64 years

26.6%

39.8%

68.2%

15.1%

76.3%

≥ 65 years

38.2%

62.5%

73.2%

32.0%

83.5%

Cardiovascular

     

Event

7.5%

16.0%

30.2%

3.8%

36.7%

18–44 years

1.2%

8.2%

11.7%

1.9%

14.2%

45–64 years

5.7%

25.8%

25.6%

3.0%

28.0%

≥ 65 years

25.5%

87.5%

42.0%

11.5%

58.2%

Number of Risk

     

Factors

     

0–2 risk factors

80.1%

67.2%

21.7%

100%

0%

3–5 risk factors

19.9%

32.8%

78.3%

0%

100%

Mean (SD)

1.3 (1.3)

1.7 (1.5)

3.3 (1.2)

1.2 (0.8)

3.8 (0.7)

  1. BMI = body mass index