Table 1: Characteristics for men and women, by diabetic status 
	Men (n=177)	Women (n=155)	
Variables	Diabetic¹
(n=18)	Non-diabetic¹
(n=159)	P-value	Diabetic¹
(n=11)	Non-diabetic¹
(n=144)	P-value	
Age, year	76.8 ± 2.3	76.0 ± 2.5	0.196	77.1 ± 2.9	76.2 ± 2.6	0.279	
Weight, kg	92.8 ± 16.3	81.7 ± 11.4	<0.001	80.3 ± 18.3	70.4 ± 12.3	0.015	
Height, cm	173.2 ± 5.6	173.6 ± 6.6	0.824	161.2 ± 5.7	159.7 ± 5.7	0.384	
BMI (kg/m²)	30.9 ± 5.1	27.1 ± 3.4	<0.001	30.9 ± 6.9	27.6 ± 4.6	0.029	
Ever smoked, n (%)	13 (72.2)	91 (57.2)	0.313	5 (45.5)	53 (36.8)	0.748	
Alcohol intake2, n (%) 
None/minimal
Low
Moderate/high	
6 (33.3)
5 (27.8)
7 (38.9)	
31 (19.5)
77 (48.4)
51 (32.1)	

0.163	
7 (63.6)
4 (36.4)
0 (<1)	
77 (53.5)
50 (34.7)
17 (11.8)	

0.734	
Social status, n (%)  
  - I-IIINM
  - IIIM-V	
4 (23.5)
13 (76.5)
	
67 (43.8)
86 (56.2)	

0.126	
3 (27.3)
8 (72.7)	
66 (45.8)
78 (54.2)	

0.348	
Physical activity³ (min/day)	148.2
[93.6-187.1]	193.6 
[128.6-285.7] 	0.076	215.2
[180.0-287.1]	206.1 [138.8-282.1]	0.684	
Daily calcium intake (mg)	1178 
[962-1362]	1222 
[1011-1433]	0.461	1056 
[892-1232]	1103
[939-1261]	0.464	
1 Diabetic = those reporting taking insulin, sulphonylureas or biguanides ;		
  non-diabetic = those not reporting taking any of these medications and no self-report of diabetes 	
2 None/minimal = <1 unit per week ; low = ≥ 1 unit and <8 units for women or <11 units for men, per week ;			
  moderate / high = ≥8 units for women and ≥11 units for men, per week						
3 Average minutes per day spent walking outside, cycling, gardening, playing sports and doing housework in last two weeks	

Values are the mean ± SD or median [IQR] (significant results are indicated in bold). BMI: body mass index