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Table 1 Demographics, current socioeconomic conditions, health behaviour and diabetes status by early life socioeconomic conditions, n = 3263a

From: The association of early life socioeconomic conditions with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: results from the Maastricht study

 

Early life socioeconomic conditions

 

High

(n = 1051)

Medium

(n = 1120)

Low

(N = 1092)

P-value

Age

 

58.33 (8.57)

59.87 (8.14)

60.91 (7.86)

<0.01

Sex

Male

45.6

52.1

56.7

<0.01

Female

54.4

47.9

43.3

 

Current socioeconomic conditions

High

49.8

31.8

20.2

<0.01

Medium

33.2

36.0

30.1

 

Low

17.0

32.2

49.6

 

BMI

Normal

43.0

33.1

29.5

<0.01

Overweight

39.8

45.2

42.9

 

Obese

17.2

21.7

27.6

 

Physical activity

High

30.4

29.3

27.9

0.07

Medium

28.6

31.0

26.4

 

Low

28.8

30.0

30.9

 

Missing

12.2

9.7

14.8

 

Smoking status

Never

35.5

34.6

34.2

0.77

Former

49.6

53.1

52.2

 

Current

14.9

12.2

13.6

 

Alcohol Use

None

15.5

17.2

22.5

<0.01

Low

54.1

57.7

54.9

 

High

30.4

25.1

22.6

 

Diabetes status

No diabetes

64.8

57.9

48.9

<0.01

Prediabetes

12.5

15.8

16.8

 

T2DM

22.7

26.3

34.2

 
  1. aValues are percentages, p-values of Chi square tests and an independent t-test (age)