Table 1 Characteristics of the participants included in this study^a

Number of participants

1920

6560

3033

Age, years

64.9 (5.9)

52.7 (14.8)

51.6 (12.7)

Women, n (%)

1288 (67.1%)

3614 (55.1%)

1554 (51.2%)

BMI, kg/m²

23.6 (3.3)

23.4 (3.5)

24.3 (3.9)

Type 2 diabetes case subjects, n (%)

268 (14.0%)

553 (8.4%)

368 (12.2%)

Famine exposed groups

 No-exposed control

37 (1.9%)

622 (9.5%)

303 (10.0%)

 In utero exposed

54 (2.8%)

366 (5.6%)

175 (5.8%)

  Group 1 (born in 1959)

34 (1.8%)

144 (2.2%)

69 (2.3%)

  Group 2 (born in 1960)

15 (0.8%)

111 (1.7%)

58 (1.9%)

  Group 3 (born in 1961)

5 (0.3%)

111 (1.7%)

48 (1.6%)

 Infancy and toddler exposed

341 (17.8%)

512 (7.8%)

259 (8.5%)

 Preschooler exposed

425 (22.1%)

502 (7.7%)

300 (9.9%)

 School-aged child exposed group

670 (34.9%)

822 (12.5%)

340 (11.2%)

 Adolescent exposed group

261 (13.6%)

380 (5.8%)

137 (4.5%)

 Adult exposed group

91 (4.7%)

430 (6.6%)

109 (3.6%)

 Other no-exposed participants

41 (2.1%)

2926 (44.6%)

1410 (46.5%)