Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening Program in Northern Alberta, Canada

Table 1

Baseline health indicators. Values are means (±SD) or prevalences (95% CI).

Variables	With known diabetes	Without known diabetes	Total
	(𝑁=180)	(𝑁=629)	(𝑁=809)
BMI (kg/m^2)	33.4 ± 6.2	31.0 ± 6.3	31.5 ± 6.3
% Overweight (25–29.9)	29.5% (17.0–42.0)	32.0% (25.6–38.4)	31.4% (25.7–37.1)
% Obese (≥30)	67.1% (58.6–75.7)	52.8% (47.4–58.2)	55.9% (51.3–60.5)
Waist circumference (cm)	108.6 ± 13.9	101.6 ± 14.7	103.2 ± 14.8
% Abnormal (≥102 males; ≥88 females)	95.9% (92.9–98.9)	72.8% (68.7–76.9)	78.7% (75.5–81.9)
A1c (%)	7.3 ± 1.6	5.5 ± 0.8	N A
% Poor glucose control (≥7%)	50.0% (41.3–58.7)	1.6% (0.1–3.1)	N A
Systolic BP (mmHg)	136.9 ± 19.0	123.8 ± 21.4	126.7 ± 20.3
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	77.4 ± 9.8	75.3 ± 10.4	75.8 ± 10.3
MAP (mmHg)	97.3 ± 12.1	91.5 ± 12.6	92.7 ± 12.4
% Hypertensive (≥130/80
with diabetes; 140/90 without	69.5% (61.3–77.7)	21.8% (14.9–28.7)	32.3% (26.6–38.0)
diabetes)
Total cholesterol (mM)	4.7 ± 1.1	4.9 ± 1.1	4.8 ± 1.1
% Hypercholesterolemia (≥5.24)	30.8% (18.4–43.2)	34.6% (28.3–40.9)	33.8% (28.1–39.5)