Family history and lifestyle habits of participants
| Author | Family history | Smoking | Drinking | Physical activity |
| Blood glucose tests only | ||||
| Sabir44 | – | Total 38 (9.7%) Male 38 (18.1%) Female 0 (0%) | Total 1 (0.3%) Male 1 (0.5%) Female 0 (0%) | – |
| Valkengoed46 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus 74.8% (75g OGTT group) 68.4% (HbA1c group) | – | – | – |
| Zafar48 | Diabetes Parental history 161 (39.9%) Siblings history 88 (21.8%) | Smokers 54 (13.4%) | – | Exercise 105 (26.0%) |
| Plasma lipid tests only | ||||
| Deng57 | – | Current smoking 476 (33.6%) | Current drinking 557 (39.4%) | >2/week /at least 30 mins 806 (57.0%) |
| Programmes offering both diabetes and lipid tests | ||||
| Ali27 | Dyslipidaemia 27.9% | Smokers 37.1% | – | – |
| Andersson28 | – | Smoking 19% | – | – |
| Belfki54 | Cardiovascular disease 119 (2.6%) | Never 3246 (71.4%) Smoker 1301 (28.6%) | – | – |
| Cuong56 | – | Non/ex–smoker (69.3%) Current smoker (30.7%) | – | – |
| Falguera58 | Diabetes 180 (30.9%) | Current smoker 148 (25.4%) | – | 394 (67.6%) |
| Hare29 | – | 1417 (21.2%) | None 3217 (49.7%) Moderate 2728 (42.1%) Excessive 531 (8.2%) | Sedentary 694 (10.6%) Insufficient (<150 min/week) 1883 (28.8%) Sufficient (>=150 min/week) 3951 (60.5%) |
| Hidalgo30 | – | – | – | Sedentary Yes 69 (33.8%) No 135 (66.2%) |
| Sinnott45 | Diabetes 9301 (31.9%) | Ever smoked 11 648 (40.0%) | 23 245 (79.8%) | >=5 days/week 10 343 (35.5%) |
| Wang47 | Diabetes 884 (9.4%) | Current smoking 1926 (21.2%) | 958 (10.5%) | >=600 MET–min/week 6670 (71.2%) |
| Zhou52 | Diabetes 847 (10.71%) | 1746 (22.1%) | 1079 (13.64%) | – |
HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance tests.