Table 2—

Prevalences of previously diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes defined by 2hPG and FPG criteria in men and women in the DECODE cohorts

Cohort	Age (years)	Undiagnosed diabetes (mmol/l)											Diagnosed diabetes	Total diabetes
				2hPG ≥ 11.1 and FPG < 7.0			2hPG < 11.1 and FPG ≥ 7.0			2hPG ≥ 11.1 and FPG ≥ 7.0			Diagnosed diabetes	Total diabetes
				Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
MONICA 1986, Sweden	30–39	1.2	2.6	0	0	2.4	0	0.9	0.5	4.5	3.1
	40–49	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.8
	50–59	0	2.3	1.2	0	1.2	0	5.8	1.4	8.1	3.7
	60–64	2.3	5.6	2.3	0	0	0	15	9	19.6	14.6
MONICA 1990, Sweden	30–39	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	0	1.6	0.5	1.6	2.5
	40–49	0	0	1.0	0.9	0	0.9	2	1	3.0	2.8
	50–59	0	1.7	1.1	0	1.1	0.9	5.5	3.8	7.6	6.4
	60–64	0	3.7	3.2	1.8	3.2	0	7.2	5.9	13.6	11.4
MONICA 1994, Sweden	30–39	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0.6	1.0	1.8	1.0
	40–49	1.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0	1.5	1.5	5.3	4.4
	50–59	1.0	2.8	1.0	0.9	0	0.9	2.6	1.5	4.5	6.1
	60–69	3.1	5.7	2.3	1.6	2.3	2.4	6.1	4.5	13.9	14.3
	70–74	0	2.4	2.8	0	0	2.4	13.9	8.3	16.7	13.1
MONICA, Finland	40–49	1.2	1.2	1.9	1.8	0	0	1.6	0.8	4.7	3.8
	50–59	1.2	0.9	3.6	1.5	1.6	0.7	3.2	3.0	9.6	6.0
	60–64	1.2	1.7	2.3	0.9	1.7	0.9	4.1	4.4	9.2	7.8
Oulu, Finland	70–79	7.2	5.3	7.2	8.3	5.4	3.6	17.1	17.2	36.9	34.3
	80–89	3.6	9.1	7.1	6.1	0	13.7	0	25.8	10.7	54.6
Hoom, Dutch	50–59	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.1	0.5	2.2	1.4	8.0	4.4
	60–69	1.2	2.5	2.4	1.9	3.4	3.1	3.8	5.0	10.7	12.5
	70–77	2.9	4.3	3.5	2.6	5.7	4.7	4.0	8.1	16.0	19.7
Newcastle, U.K.	30–39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	40–49	1.2	1.2	4.8	0	2.5	1.2	1.3	1.3	9.7	3.7
	50–59	1.0	0	6.7	3.0	2.8	2.0	3.1	3.0	13.6	8.0
	60–69	1.0	2.1	7.9	6.4	4.9	2.1	3.3	3.3	17.1	13.9
	70–76	3.4	6.0	3.4	4.0	3.4	2.0	6.3	0	16.4	12.0
MONICA, Poland	44–49	2.4	0	4.9	2.6	0	0	2.1	0	9.5	2.6
	50–59	3.6	3.9	5.4	0	0	1.3	0	2.0	9.0	7.2
	60–69	7.4	4.8	2.9	1.6	2.9	0	2.5	11.3	15.7	17.7
	70–73	0	10.8	0	0	0	0	5.6	8.3	5.6	19.1
Cremona, Italy	40–49	0	0	0.9	0	0	0.9	3.2	1.2	4.1	2.1
	50–59	1.5	0.7	0.8	0	0.4	0.7	5.6	3.7	8.2	5.0
	60–69	1.9	1.8	2.4	0.7	1.0	1.1	12.9	9.4	18.2	13.0
	70–79	1.2	6.6	0	1.3	4.7	2.6	11.2	10.1	17.1	20.6
	80–89	0	3.0	8.5	0	0	3.0	6.7	28.9	15.2	34.9
Viva, Spain	34–39	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0.4	2.2	0.4	3.3
	40–49	1.3	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	2.6	5.0	4.8
	50–59	3.0	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.8	1.6	1.8	3.6	7.5	7.4
	60–69	2.5	4.0	1.8	1.5	1.8	0.5	4.3	4.2	10.4	10.3
Catalonia, Spain	30–39	1.5	0.5	0.7	0.5	0	0	1.3	0.3	3.5	1.3
	40–49	0	1.4	2.4	1.8	0.6	0	1.7	1.7	4.6	4.8
	50–59	2.0	1.2	0.6	0.4	0	0	8.6	7.4	11.3	9.0
	60–69	4.0	5.9	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	12	17.5	18.6	25.3
	70–79	5.3	7.6	0.9	2.6	0	0.9	13.5	19.8	19.6	30.9
	80–89	7.3	10.2	2.5	0	0	3.4	11.9	11.1	21.7	24.7
Guia, Spain	30–39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	40–49	0	0	1.8	1.3	1.8	0	7.0	3.8	10.6	5.2
	50–59	3.9	2.8	2.0	1.4	0	2.8	12.2	10.9	18.2	17.9
	60–69	3.8	5.1	0	0	3.8	1.3	15.8	19.3	23.4	25.7
	70–79	7.1	11.6	0	0	1.7	0	13.3	32.2	22.2	43.8
	80–89	0	18.7	0	0	0	6.2	15.6	31.6	15.6	56.5
Malta	30–39	1.4	0.3	1.9	0.7	1.4	0	0.9	4.6	5.6	5.6
	40–49	1.1	1.6	2.2	1.2	1.1	0	7.1	4.5	11.6	7.4
	50–59	3.2	1.9	2.2	1.1	2.2	1.9	14.1	18.9	21.7	23.8
	60–69	0.7	5.4	2.0	1.8	4.7	2.4	25.5	36.3	32.9	45.8
	70–79	3.6	7.6	4.8	0	2.4	2.1	32.1	37.6	42.8	47.3
	80–87	5.9	8.3	0	4.2	0	8.3	35.3	33.3	41.2	54.2
Total	30–39	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.6	0*	1.0	1.5	2.9	2.5
	40–49	0.8	1.1	2.0	1.0*	0.6	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.4	4.2*
	50–59	1.7	1.3	2.3	1.0†	1.3	0.9	4.8	4.6	10.1	7.8*
	60–69	2.1	3.6‡	2.5	1.6	2.5	1.6	8.5	9.3	15.5	16.1
	70–79	4.0	6.1*	3.0	2.9	3.4	2.8	12.9	15.4	23.4	27.3*
	80–89	3.9	9.2*	3.2	3.1	0	8.6‡	12.4	22.4*	19.5	43.3‡

Data are %.
*
↵* P < 0.05,
†
↵† P < 0.001,
‡
↵‡ P < 0.01, for the difference between men and women.