Table 1

Characteristics of participants in two population-based surveys in Shanghai, China

CharacteristicsFirst surveySecond surveyp Value between surveys*
Men (N=5050)Women (N=7279)Men (N=3461)Women (N=3962)In menIn women
Age (years, mean±SD)54.8±10.853.1±10.354.7±9.554.7±9.10.55<0.0001
Resident site (%)
 Urban71.163.02.472.0
 Rural29.037.027.728.00.19<0.0001
Education (%)
 No formal education4.118.43.29.5
 Primary school18.223.014.717.7
 Middle school35.331.145.745.2
 High school27.622.627.623.8
 Colleague or above14.84.98.83.90.0025<0.0001
Per capita income (yuan/month, %)
 <100037.045.54.94.0
 1000–299938.338.441.846.7
 3000–500022.517.933.233.3
 >50002.21.320.016.0<0.0001<0.0001
Family history of type 2diabetes12.313.116.419.0<0.0001<0.0001
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes (%)13.610.317.414.1<0.0001<0.0001
Prevalence of hypertension (%)34.828.341.837.1<0.0001<0.0001
Cigarette smoking (%)61.41.762.61.80.220.93
Alcohol drinking (%)40.42.454.05.0<0.0001<0.0001
Leisure-time activity (%)13.313.110.89.00.0009<0.0001
  • *p Value for Wilcoxon tests or χ2 tests.

  • p Values less than 0.05 (shown in italic typeface) were considered as a test of significance based on two sides.