Baseline characteristics of participants of the MULTI sTUdy Diabetes rEsearch Consortium by diabetes status, n=135 156
| Total | T2DM diagnosis | No T2DM diagnosis | P values | |
| N | 135 156* | 33 421 | 100 015 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 54.3 (19.2) | 64.2 (8.6) | 51.4 (20.4) | <0.0001 |
| Sex, % | <0.0001 | |||
| Female | 44.6 | 45.2 | 44.5 | |
| Male | 55.4 | 54.8 | 55.5 | |
| Missing (n) | 65 | |||
| Race, % | <0.0001 | |||
| White | 67.4 | 58.3 | 70.5 | |
| Black | 27.8 | 31.9 | 26.4 | |
| Hispanic | 2.8 | 5.1 | 2.0 | |
| Other | 2.0 | 4.7 | 1.1 | |
| Missing (n) | 4654 | |||
| Smoking, % | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 48.0 | 40.4 | 50.6 | |
| No | 52.0 | 59.6 | 49.4 | |
| Missing (n) | 4931 | |||
| BMI category, % | <0.0001 | |||
| Underweight | 6.6 | 0.2 | 8.7 | |
| Normal | 24.2 | 11.0 | 28.6 | |
| Overweight | 35.4 | 33.0 | 36.2 | |
| Obese | 33.9 | 55.7 | 26.6 | |
| Missing (n) | 4436 |
Categorical variables were compared using χ2 tests and continuous variables were compared using the Student’s t-test.
↵*n=1720 for unknown diabetes status.
BMI, body mass index; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.