Impact of the 2020 China Diabetes Society Guideline on the Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Eligibility for Antidiabetic Treatment in China

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Table 1 Characteristics of Overall Chinese Adults and Chinese Adults with Diabetes According to the 2017 CDS Guideline and the 2020 CDS Guideline but Not the 2017 CDS Guideline

	2017 CDS Guideline	2020 CDS Guideline Minus 2017 CDS Guideline	Overall
Number of participants	2051	94	18,245
Age, years	60.97±9.71	61.04±9.77	59.17±9.86
Age, %
45–55 years	28.96	27.66	36.99
55–65 years	40.27	39.36	37.93
≥65 years	30.77	32.98	25.08
Gender, %
Male	47.25	35.11	49.46
Female	52.75	64.89	50.54
Educational attainment, %
Illiterate	26.47	38.3	26.33
Primary school	40.27	31.91	41.35
Middle/high school	30.47	25.53	29.98
Bachelor or above	2.78	4.26	2.35
Marital status, %
Never	0.68	1.06	0.9
Married	99.32	98.94	99.1
Registered residence, %
Urban	29.25	22.34	22.51
Rural	70.75	77.66	77.49
Self-reported health
Excellent/very good, %
No	97.03	97.87	96.77
Yes	2.97	2.13	3.23
Smoking status, %
Non-smoker	61.97	62.77	62.01
Current smoker	27.01	30.85	30.22
Ex-smoker	11.02	6.38	7.77
Drinking status, %
Non-drinker	70.27	81.52	67.14
Drinker	29.73	18.48	32.86
History of disease, %
CVD	22.48	22.34	13.2
Hypertension	64.65	59.57	55.43
Cancer	1.43	1.09	1.03
CKD	12.52	15.22	8.36
BMI, kg/m^2	24.76±3.86	24.03±4.04	23.44±3.73
Fasting blood-glucose, mmol/L	8.94±3.61	5.74±0.70	5.74±0.70
Random blood glucose, mmol/L	13.91±6.64	9.18±1.09	9.18±1.09
HbA1c, %	6.15±1.58	7.05±1.00	5.26±0.82

Abbreviations: CDS, China Diabetes Society; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CKD, chronic kidney diseases; BMI, body mass index; HbA_1c, hemoglobin A_1c.

Figure 1 Percentage of Chinese adults who had diabetes (left panel), who were recommended to initiate antidiabetic medication among those not taking antidiabetic medication (middle panel), and who with above goal HbA1c among those taking antidiabetic medication (right panel). Data used for estimating were from CHARLS 2011–2012 baseline survey.

Abbreviation: HbA1c, hemoglobin A_1c.

Figure 2 Number of Chinese adults who had diabetes (left bar), who were recommended to initiate antidiabetic medication (middle bar), and who with above goal HbA1c (right bar). Data used for estimating were from CHARLS 2011–2012 baseline survey.

Abbreviation: HbA1c, hemoglobin A_1c.