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Table 1 Background data on persons without and with known diabetes mellitus (DM) (type 1, type 2, type 2, LADA, and other types/unclassified)

From: The association between diabetes mellitus, glucose, and chronic musculoskeletal complaints. Results from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study

Variables

No DM

All DM types

Classical

Type 1 DM

Type 2 DM

LADA

Other types/unclassified DM

Not DM, but glucose ≥ 11.1

n

62,626

1940

122

1120

127

571

216

Gender, female (%)

53.2

51.7

41.0

50.5

46.5

57.4

37.5

Mean age

48.4

64.4

47.5

67.1

67.4

63.1

61.6

Years of education ≥ 13 (%)

19.3

9.1

19.7

6.5

11.0

10.3

12.0

Mean BMI

26.3

29.0

26.1

29.6

28.5

28.6

29.5

Current smoking (%)

28.9

17.5

24.6

15.4

9.4

21.9

26.9

High physical activity* (%)

16.1

7.8

13.9

7.2

11.0

6.8

4.6

Alcohol abstainers (%)

12.2

30.8

13.7

32.0

36.1

31.0

17.2

Previous myocardial infarction

3.0

12.7

5.7

13.5

12.0

12.9

5.6

Mean systolic blood pressure

137

154

140

156

154

153

156

  1. * High physical activity level = ≥ 3 hours/week with hard physical activity