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Table 3 Baseline characteristics

From: Baseline diabetes as a way to predict CV outcomes in a lipid-modifying trial: a meta-analysis of 330,376 patients from 47 landmark studies

Study§

Age (years)

Males (%)

Diabetes type & duration (years)

HbA1c (%)

TC (mg/dL)

LDL-C (mg/dL)

HDL-C (mg/dL)

Non-HDL-C (mg/dL)

apoB (mg/dL)

TG (mg/dL)

4D

66

54

T2DM

18

6.7

218

125

36

182

~

261

4S

59

81

~

  

260

188

46

214

~

132

 diabetes substudy

60

78

~

  

259

186

43

216

~

150

ACCORD-Lipid

62

69

T2DM

10

8.3

175

100

38

137

~

164

ADDITION-Europe

60.3

58

T2DM

0

7

214

133

46

168

~

146

AFCAPS/TexCAPS

58

85

T1DM; T2DM

  

221

150

37

184

~

158

AIM-HIGH

64

85

~

 

6.7

146

74

35

111

83

168

AleCardio

60.8

73

T2DM

8.6

7.8

152

79

42

110

~

152

ALERT

50

66

~

  

247

158

50

197

~

195

ALLHAT-LLT

66

51

T2DM

  

224

146

48

176

~

152

Alpha-Omega

69

78

~

  

183

100

50

133

~

146

ASCOT-LLA

63

81

~

  

212

131

50

162

~

150

 diabetes substudy

63.6

76

T2DM

  

205

128

46

159

~

168

ASPEN

61

66

T2DM

8

7.8

194

113

47

147

~

147

AURORA

64

62

~

  

176

100

45

131

82

157

 diabetes substudy

65

66

~

  

174

97

43

131

~

168

BIP

60

91

T2DM

  

212

148

35

177

~

145

CARDS

62

68

T2DM

8

7.9

207

117

54

153

117

173

CARE

59

86

~

  

209

139

39

170

~

156

 diabetes substudy

61

80

~

  

206

136

38

168

~

164

CDP (clofibrate)

 

100

~

  

252

~

~

~

~

183

CDP (niacin)

 

100

~

  

253

~

~

~

~

183

dal-OUTCOMES

60.2

81

~

  

145

76

42

103

81

134

DIS

46

56

T2DM

0

 

218

~

~

~

~

157

FIELD

62

63

T2DM

5

6.9

195

119

43

152

97

173

GISSI-Prevenzione

60

86

T2DM (79 %) T1DM (21 %)

  

229

152

46

183

~

166

GREACE

 

79

~

  

264

193

39

225

~

159

 diabetes substudy

55

56

T2DM (92 %) T1DM (8 %)

10.5

7.5

271

189

35

236

~

221

HATS

53

87

~

  

200

128

30

170

119

219

HHS

47

100

~

  

270

189

47

223

~

175

 diabetes substudy

49

100

T2DM

4.5

 

292

200

46

246

~

214

HPS - MRC/BHF

 

75

~

  

228

131

41

187

114

186

 diabetes substudy

62.1

70

T2DM (90 %) T1DM (10 %)

27

7

220

124

41

179

110

204

HPS2-THRIVE

64.9

82.7

~

  

128

63

44

84

68

127

IDEAL

62

81

~

  

197

122

46

151

119

151

ILLUMINATE

61.3

77.8

T2DM

  

157

80

49

108

73

127

JELIS

61

31.4

~

  

275

181

59

216

~

153

LEADER

68

100

~

  

218

131

46

172

~

213

LIPID

62

83

~

  

218

150

36

182

133

142

LIPS

60

84

T2DM; T1DM

  

200

131

38

162

~

160

MEGA

58.3

32

~

  

242

157

58

184

~

128

ORIGIN

63.5

65

T2DM

5.4

 

189

112

46

143

~

142

PERFORM

67.2

62.5

~

  

~

93

~

~

  

Post-CABG

61.7

92

~

  

226

156

39

187

~

158

PREDIMED

67

43

~

  

219

143

53

172

102

142

PROACTIVE

61.8

66

T2DM

9.5

8.1

199

114

45

154

~

198

PROFIT-J

85

65

T2DM

11.3

7.4

198

115

55

144

~

141

PROSPER

75

48

~

  

220

147

50

170

~

133

RPS

63.9

61.5

~

 

6.7

216

132

51

165

~

150

SHARP

62

63

~

  

189

107

43

146

92

205

STABILITY

65

81

~

  

~

80

45

~

  

STENO-2

54.9

74

T2DM

5.8

8.6

210

133

40

170

~

159

TNT

61

81

~

  

175

97

47

128

111

151

 diabetes substudy

63

73

~

8.5

7.4

175

96

45

130

113

171

VA Cooperative Study

55

100

~

  

244

~

~

~

~

~

VA-HIT

64

100

~

  

175

111

32

143

96

161

 diabetes substudy

65

 

~

  

172

108

31

141

~

166

mean

61.7

74

 

7.5

7.49

209

126

44

161

99

162

standard deviation

6.4

17

 

4.9

0.68

34

32

7

32

19

27

  1. §: see legend to Table 1 for study acronyms definition; apoB: apolipoprotein B100; C: cholesterol; HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin A1c; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; T1DM and T2DM: type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus; TG: triglycerides