Table 1 Descriptive characteristics (%) of the synthetic population of Belgium in the simulation baseline year 2018
From: The future burden of type 2 diabetes in Belgium: a microsimulation model
< 18 yrs (n = 2,301,495) | 18–34 yrs (n = 2,374,218) | 35–64 yrs (n = 4,561,902) | > 65 yrs (n = 2,138,454) | Overall (n = 11,376,069) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Men | 51.17 | 50.27 | 50.09 | 44.04 | 49.21 |
Women | 48.83 | 49.73 | 49.91 | 55.96 | 50.79 | |
Region | Brussels | 11.94 | 12.93 | 10.07 | 7.37 | 10.54 |
Flanders | 55.25 | 54.95 | 58.19 | 61.83 | 57.60 | |
Wallonia | 32.8 | 32.12 | 31.74 | 30.8 | 31.86 | |
Nationality | Belgians | 90.11 | 86.1 | 87.32 | 95.17 | 89.10 |
Non-Belgians Europeans | 5.94 | 6.51 | 7.65 | 4.06 | 6.39 | |
Non-Europeans | 3.95 | 7.4 | 5.03 | 0.77 | 4.51 | |
Education level | Low | 12.21 | 12.16 | 14.08 | 38.44 | 17.88 |
Intermediate | 27.97 | 33.88 | 33.7 | 29.9 | 31.86 | |
High | 59.82 | 53.96 | 52.22 | 31.66 | 50.26 | |
Income level | Q1 | 4.98 | 7.07 | 9.61 | 20.93 | 10.27 |
Q2 | 8.87 | 11.44 | 11.13 | 24.16 | 13.19 | |
Q3 | 16.7 | 16.73 | 18.75 | 23.5 | 18.81 | |
Q4 | 26.65 | 28.98 | 26.61 | 22.05 | 26.26 | |
Q5 | 42.8 | 35.76 | 33.89 | 9.36 | 31.47 | |
Self-reported BMI status1 | < 25 | 74.75 | 67.76 | 45.62 | 41.29 | 55.32 |
25–30 | 14.97 | 22.98 | 35.78 | 38.86 | 29.84 | |
> 30 | 10.28 | 9.26 | 18.61 | 19.85 | 15.21 | |
Measured waist circumference2 | M: < 94 cm; F: < 80 cm | NA | 62.02 | 34.83 | 18.49 | 38.1 |
M: 94–102 cm; F: 80-88 cm | NA | 20.94 | 26.8 | 24.18 | 24.6 | |
M: ≥ 102 cm; F: ≥ 88 cm | NA | 17.04 | 38.37 | 57.33 | 37.3 | |
High blood pressure2 | Self-reported | NA | 2.56 | 17.46 | 38.27 | 18.5 |
Use of medication | NA | 1.04 | 14.84 | 35.6 | 16.1 | |
High blood glucose levels2 | Blood glucose ≥ 126 mg/dl or HbA1c ≥ 6% | NA | 1.34 | 3.7 | 11.95 | 5.0 |
Diabetes2 | Self-reported | NA | 1.37 | 5.07 | 13.83 | 6.2 |