Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the Go-DARTS cohort

No of individuals
1810 (54% male)
Age at recruitment (years)
63.1 (9.6)
Age at diagnosis
54.9 (9.0)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
30.5 (5.4)
Insulin treatment
839 (44.1%)
Smoking History
958 (50.4%)
Prevalent cerebrovascular disease
67 (3.5%)
Prevalent angina
178 (9.4%)
Previous myocardial infarction
323 (17.0%)

Data shown are mean (SD) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables.

Doney et al. Nuclear Receptor 2005 3:4   doi:10.1186/1478-1336-3-4