Table 1

General characteristics of individuals with type 2 diabetes

Variables	Type 2 diabetes		Estimated population		p Value
Variables	N	%	N	%	p Value
	2 765 586	10.1	27 378 600	100
Age
Young	345 158	12.5	10 892 589	39.8	<0.001
Middle-aged	1 474 576	53.3	12 122 164	44.3
Older	945 851	34.2	4 363 847	15.9
Sex
Men	1 536 256	55.5	13 477 425	49.2	<0.001
Women	1 229 330	44.5	13 901 175	50.8
Marital status
Married/partnered	2 145 967	77.6	22 242 029	81.2	0.001
Single	619 618	22.4	5 136 571	18.8
Education
Elementary school	1 080 057	39.1	6 060 731	22.1	<0.001
Middle school	444 298	16.1	3 280 320	12.0
High school	820 982	29.7	9 505 375	34.7
Postgraduate	420 248	15.2	8 532 173	31.2
Income
Q1	807 879	29.2	4 494 685	16.4	<0.001
Q2	733 076	26.5	7 554 779	27.6
Q3	646 824	23.4	7 783 332	28.4
Q4	577 807	20.9	7 545 804	27.6
Region
Non-Metro	1 491 763	53.9	14 127 908	51.6	0.148
Metro-Seoul	1 273 822	46.1	13 250 692	48.4
House ownership
Yes	2 009 688	72.7	19 428 320	71.0	0.242
No	755 897	27.3	7 950 280	29.0
BMI
Normal/underweight	1 438 949	52.0	17 878 573	65.3	<0.001
Obese	1 326 636	48.0	9 500 026	34.7
Physical activity
Moderate—Yes	233 861	8.5	2 410 729	8.8	0.688
Moderate—No	2 531 725	91.5	24 967 871	91.2
Vigorous—Yes	632 725	22.9	8 414 982	30.7	<0.001
Vigorous—No	2 132 860	77.1	18 963 618	69.3
Smoking
Yes	726 243	26.3	7 069 758	25.8	0.745
No	2 039 343	73.7	20 308 841	74.2
High-risk drinking
Yes	269 421	9.7	3 053 311	11.2	0.199
No	2 496 164	90.3	24 325 289	88.8