Research Article

Unveiling the Hidden Burden: Estimating All-Cause Mortality Risk in Older Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Baseline characteristics in training and validation cohorts.

VariablesTotalTraining cohortValidation cohort

Age (years)0.649
Sex, (%)0.405
 Male857 (49.97)693 (50.51)164 (47.81)
 Female858 (50.03)679 (49.49)179 (52.19)
Race, (%)0.810
 Non-Hispanic White710 (41.4)573 (41.76)137 (39.94)
 Non-Hispanic Black368 (21.46)296 (21.57)72 (20.99)
 Other Hispanic440 (25.66)345 (25.15)95 (27.70)
 Other races197 (11.49)158 (11.52)39 (11.37)
Education level, (%)0.633
 Less than high school700 (40.82)567 (41.33)133 (38.78)
 High school diploma or GED409 (23.85)327 (23.83)82 (23.91)
 More than high school606 (35.34)478 (34.84)128 (37.32)
Smoking status, (%)0.694
 Never smoker849 (49.5)677 (49.34)172 (50.15)
 Ever smoker545 (31.78)442 (32.22)103 (30.03)
 Current smoker321 (18.72)253 (18.44)68 (19.83)
Drinking status, (%)0.298
 Nondrinker886 (51.66)699 (50.95)187 (54.52)
 Low-to-moderate drinker174 (10.15)146 (10.64)28 (8.16)
 Heavy drinker655 (38.19)527 (38.41)128 (37.32)
BMI (kg/m2), (%)0.965
 <25.00343 (20)276 (20.12)67 (19.53)
 25.00–29.99637 (37.14)508 (37.03)129 (37.61)
 ≥30.0735 (42.86)588 (42.86)147 (42.86)
PIR, (%)0.470
 <1.0314 (18.31)250 (18.22)64 (18.66)
 1.0-3.0927 (54.05)751 (54.74)176 (51.31)
 >3.0474 (27.64)371 (27.04)103 (30.03)
Medication use0.629
 No586 (34.17)465 (33.89)121 (35.28)
 Yes1129 (65.83)907 (66.11)222 (64.72)
Hypertension1190 (69.39)935 (68.15)255 (74.34)0.062
CVD187 (10.9)143 (10.4)44 (12.8)0.469
Antihyperlipidemic drug730 (42.57)572 (41.69)158 (46.06)0.076
Lymphocyte0.363
AST
Total cholesterol0.630
Uric acid
Triglyceride
ALT
EGFR0.711
Albumin
High-density lipoprotein0.538

Abbreviations: PIR: poverty-to-income ratio; BMI: body mass index; CVD: cardiovascular disease; EGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase.