de Fine Olivarius et al. BMC Public Health 2011, 11:80 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/80 Page 5 of 13 Table 1 Average changes in visual acuity during the first 6 years after diabetes diagnosis according to baseline patient characteristics (Continued) Fasting triglycerides (mmol/l) Urinary albumin (mg/l) Serum creatinine (μmol/l) Height - men (cm) Height - women (cm) Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) Resting heart rate (bpm) Cardiovascular disease Peripheral neuropathy Self-rated health Smoking < 2 2- < 3 ≥ 3 < 15 15-< 200 ≥ 200 < 130 ≥ 130 < 165 165- < 180 ≥ 180 < 150 150- < 165 ≥ 165 < 140 140-< 160 ≥ 160 < 80 80- < 90 ≥ 90 No Yes No Yes Excellent or good Fair, poor or very poor Never Former Current 1166 616 320 279 703 437 59 54 69 470 113 19 415 154 366 414 459 754 333 149 849 367 992 232 557 663 372 431 414 -0.24 -0.25 -0.23 -0.19 -0.31 -0.21 -0.23 -0.43 -0.30 -0.18 -0.14 -0.47 -0.32 -0.20 -0.18 -0.25 -0.28 -0.23 -0.23 -0.32 -0.20 -0.34 -0.22 -0.32 -0.18 -0.29 -0.33 -0.22 -0.18 -0.0201 -0.0227 -0.0388 -0.0205 -0.0347 -0.0172 -0.0238 -0.0634 -0.0273 -0.0156 -0.0135 -0.0587 -0.0390 -0.0203 -0.0174 -0.0223 -0.0338 -0.0208 -0.0361 -0.0219 -0.0224 -0.0357 -0.0218 -0.0392 -0.0200 -0.0309 -0.0369 -0.0206 -0.0186 0.89 0.75 0.022 0.0008 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.67-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.80 (0.67-1.00) 1.00 (0.70-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.004 0.015 0.038 0.13 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.90 (0.67-1.00) 0.012 0.33 0.012 0.062 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.67-1.00) 0.11 0.58 0.53 0.96 0.95 (0.70-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.80 (0.67-1.00) 0.75 (0.50-1.00) 0.050 0.47 0.12 0.91 0.70 (0.70-0.80) 0.60 (0.50-0.80) 0.023 0.78 0.036 0.63 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 1.00 (0.67-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 1.00 (0.90-1.00) 1.00 (0.67-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.67-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.50-1.00) 0.90 (0.70-1.00) 1.00 (0.70-1.00) 1.00 (0.75-1.00) 0.80 (0.63-1.00) 0.80 (0.62-1.00) 1.00 (0.70-1.00) 1.00 (0.67-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.80 (0.63-1.00) 0.90 (0.67-1.00) 0.80 (0.50-1.00) 0.17 0.09 0.040 0.066 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.67-1.00) < 0.0001 0.045 0.035 0.55 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.90 (0.67-1.00) 0.013 0.14 0.013 0.016 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.90 (0.67-1.00) 0.90 (0.67-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.0006 0.003 0.043 0.13 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.90 (0.70-1.00) 0.0007 0.32 0.009 0.50 0.90 (0.70-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.90 (0.67-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 1.00 (0.80-1.00) 0.80 (0.60-1.00) 0.80 (0.63-1.00) 1.00 (0.70-1.00)