Research Article

The Dynamics of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence and Management Rates among Rural Population in Henan Province, China

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of subjects at baseline and follow-up.

VariableBaseline ()Follow-up ()
T2DM ()Control group ()PT2DM ()Control group ()

Age (years), mean ± SD56.17 ± 9.6650.45 ± 12.31<0.00161.19 ± 10.1556.32 ± 12.28<0.001
Men, (%)403 (32.50)4818 (37.73)<0.001619 (34.01)4602 (37.76)0.002
Marital status, (%)0.065<0.001
 Married/cohabiting1122 (90.48)11741 (91.99)1580 (86.96)10924 (89.76)
 Widowed/single/divorced/separation118 (9.52)1023 (8.01)237 (13.04)1246 (10.24)
Education level, (%)<0.001<0.001
 Low765 (61.69)6105 (47.81)960 (52.75)5043 (41.37)
 High475 (38.31)6664 (52.19)860 (47.25)7146 (58.63)
Smoker, (%)<0.001<0.001
 Never975 (78.63)9386 (73.51)1414 (77.69)8867 (72.75)
 Ever83 (6.69)732 (5.73)170 (9.34)1051 (8.62)
 Current182 (14.68)2651 (20.76)236 (12.97)2271 (18.63)
Drinker, (%)97 (7.82)1425 (11.16)<0.001124 (6.83)1330 (10.93)<0.001
More vegetable and fruit intake, (%)433 (34.92)5174 (40.52)<0.001320 (17.58)2435 (19.98)0.017
High fat diet, (%)58 (4.68)569 (4.46)0.71985 (4.67)652 (5.35)0.226
Physical activity, (%)<0.001<0.001
 Low527 (42.50)3589 (28.11)1023 (56.21)4925 (40.41)
 Moderate286 (23.06)2876 (22.52)263 (14.45)2043 (16.76)
 High427 (34.44)6304 (49.37)534 (29.34)5221 (42.83)
Family history of diabetes, (%)123 (9.92)672 (5.26)<0.001208 (11.43)814 (6.68)<0.001
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD26.14 ± 3.6724.34 ± 3.53<0.00126.29 ± 3.8724.82 ± 3.69<0.001
FPG (mmol/L)9.14 ± 3.205.35 ± 0.55<0.0018.48 ± 3.125.11 ± 0.66<0.001