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Table 1 Trends in prevalence of diabetes among Korean adults, 2001–2021

From: Lean diabetes: 20-year trends in its prevalence and clinical features among Korean adults

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Adults with diabetes, survey-weighted % (95% CI) *

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2001

2005

2007–2009

2010–2012

2013–2015

2016–2018

2019–2021

% change, 2019–2021 vs. 2001

P for trend a

Total

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

No. participants

4,700

5,101

15,887

16,349

13,905

17,117

16,661

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No. with diabetes

422

436

1,547

1,915

1,851

2,402

2,628

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Overall prevalence

9.8 (8.8–10.8)

8.8 (7.8–9.7)

9.5 (8.9–10.1)

10.8 (10.3–11.4)

12.0 (11.4–12.6)

12.3 (11.7–12.8)

13.3 (12.8–13.9)

35.7

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Age group, y

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< 65

6.5 (5.7–7.4)

5.7 (4.9–6.5)

6.3 (5.7–6.8)

7.3 (6.7–7.8)

7.9 (7.3–8.5)

8.4 (7.8–9.0)

9.5 (8.9–10.1)

46.2

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

≥ 65

19.4 (16.3–22.5)

17.5 (14.5–20.5)

20.6 (18.9–22.3)

24.4 (22.7–26.1)

28.2 (26.2–30.2)

28.5 (26.9–30.1)

29.9 (28.4–31.3)

54.1

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Sex

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Male

9.6 (8.1–11.1)

8.8 (7.6–10.1)

9.7 (8.9–10.5)

11.2 (10.4–11.9)

12.2 (11.4–13.1)

12.8 (12.0–13.5)

14.2 (13.4–15.0)

47.9

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Female

8.5 (7.4–9.7)

6.9 (5.8–7.9)

7.6 (7.0–8.3)

8.8 (8.1–9.4)

9.8 (9.1–10.5)

9.7 (9.0–10.3)

10.2 (9.6–10.8)

20.0

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Residential area

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Urban

9.9 (8.7–11.1)

9.1 (7.9–10.3)

10.0 (9.3–10.7)

10.8 (10.2–11.5)

12.1 (11.4–12.8)

11.9 (11.3–12.5)

13.0 (12.4–13.6)

31.3

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Rural

10.5 (8.6–12.4)

8.6 (7.0–10.3)

8.2 (7.3–9.1)

11.2 (9.9–12.6)

12.0 (10.5–13.6)

14.2 (12.6–15.8)

15.3 (13.8–16.9)

45.7

0.7073

Education level

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< High school graduate

12.6 (10.8–14.4)

10.1 (8.2–12.0)

12.0 (10.4–13.6)

13.2 (11.9–14.4)

15.3 (13.6–17.0)

16.1 (14.7–17.5)

19.5 (17.2–21.7)

54.8

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

≥ High school graduate

9.1 (6.4–11.8)

9.3 (6.9–11.6)

7.7 (6.6–8.7)

9.5 (8.5–10.5)

10.2 (9.3–11.0)

10.5 (9.8–11.2)

11.5 (10.7–12.2)

26.4

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Household income

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Q1

12.3 (9.8–14.8)

8.5 (6.8–10.1)

13.0 (11.3–14.8)

14.2 (12.4–16.0)

16.6 (14.6–18.6)

17.4 (15.7–19.0)

17.1 (15.2–19.0)

39.0

0.0013

Q4

9.1 (7.0–11.3)

8.0 (5.6–10.4)

8.0 (6.7–9.3)

10.2 (8.9–11.4)

10.7 (9.5–12.0)

9.4 (8.4–10.4)

11.5 (10.3–12.8)

26.4

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Body mass index of < 23

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No. participants

2,152

2,181

7,010

7,298

6,033

7,187

6,811

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No. with diabetes

118

112

409

538

495

599

645

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Overall prevalence

6.6 (5.4–7.8)

6.2 (4.9–7.5)

6.2 (5.5–7.0)

8.1 (7.3–8.9)

8.8 (8.0–9.7)

8.3 (7.6–9.0)

8.8 (8.0–9.6)

33.3

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Age group, y

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< 65

3.4 (2.6–4.2)

3.5 (2.7–4.4)

3.2 (2.7–3.8)

4.2 (3.6–4.9)

4.6 (4.0–5.3)

4.4 (3.9–5.0)

4.8 (4.2–5.5)

41.2

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

≥ 65

15.5 (11.3–19.7)

11.7 (7.4–16.0)

15.5 (13.0–18.0)

21.1 (18.4–23.8)

23.3 (20.4–26.2)

22.4 (20.0–24.8)

23.8 (21.5–26.0)

53.5

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Sex

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Male

7.7 (5.8–9.7)

6.6 (5.0–8.2)

6.6 (5.5–7.7)

9.3 (8.1–10.6)

9.4 (8.1–10.6)

9.4 (8.4–10.5)

9.6 (8.4–10.8)

24.7

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Female

4.7 (3.3–6.0)

4.5 (2.9–6.1)

4.7 (3.9–5.6)

5.7 (4.9–6.5)

6.8 (5.9–7.7)

5.7 (5.0–6.4)

6.4 (5.7–7.1)

36.2

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Residential area

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Urban

6.9 (5.4–8.4)

6.6 (4.9–8.3)

6.9 (5.9–7.9)

7.9 (7.0–8.9)

8.9 (7.9–9.9)

8.2 (7.4–9.0)

8.4 (7.5–9.2)

16.3

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Rural

5.8 (3.8–7.8)

5.8 (3.8–7.8)

5.1 (4.0–6.2)

9.3 (7.5–11.1)

9.0 (6.9–11.0)

9.3 (7.3–11.2)

11.0 (9.1–12.8)

89.7

0.7074

Education level

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

< High school graduate

8.2 (6.1–10.3)

7.4 (5.2–9.7)

7.5 (6.0–9.1)

9.7 (8.4–11.0)

11.2 (9.6–12.9)

10.8 (9.2–12.3)

13.8 (11.4–16.2)

68.3

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

≥ High school graduate

4.6 (2.6–6.5)

5.5 (2.8–8.3)

4.6 (3.5–5.6)

6.3 (5.2–7.3)

7.9 (6.6–9.3)

7.2 (6.2–8.2)

7.6 (6.6–8.6)

65.2

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Household income

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Q1

7.5 (4.8–10.1)

5.2 (2.7–7.6)

7.4 (5.7–9.1)

11.0 (8.5–13.4)

13.5 (10.5–16.6)

11.0 (9.0–13.0)

11.0 (8.6–13.3)

46.7

0.2973

Q4

5.8 (3.2–8.4)

4.3 (2.3–6.4)

5.7 (3.4–8.1)

7.3 (5.2–9.3)

7.6 (5.6–9.5)

6.6 (5.1–8.0)

7.7 (6.0–9.4)

32.8

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Body mass index of ≥ 23

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

No. participants

2,548

2,920

8,877

9,051

7,872

9,930

9,850

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No. with diabetes

304

324

1,138

1,377

1,356

1,803

1,983

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Overall prevalence

12.1 (10.7–13.6)

10.3 (9.0–11.6)

11.8 (10.9–12.6)

12.9 (12.2–13.7)

14.4 (13.5–15.3)

15.0 (14.2–15.8)

16.3 (15.5–17.1)

34.7

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Age group, y

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

< 65

9.4 (8.0–10.9)

7.6 (6.3–8.9)

9.0 (8.1–9.9)

10.1 (9.2–10.9)

10.9 (10.0–11.9)

11.8 (10.9–12.6)

13.2 (12.3–14.1)

40.4

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

≥ 65

23.4 (18.7–28.0)

21.6 (17.5–25.6)

24.1 (21.6–26.6)

26.7 (24.5–28.9)

31.0 (28.5–33.5)

32.1 (30.0–34.1)

33.5 (31.6–35.5)

43.2

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Sex

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Male

10.8 (8.8–12.8)

10.3 (8.6–12.0)

11.8 (10.7–12.9)

12.3 (11.2–13.3)

13.9 (12.7–15.0)

14.5 (13.5–15.5)

16.2 (15.1–17.2)

50.0

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Female

11.8 (9.9–13.8)

8.3 (6.9–9.8)

10.0 (9.0–11.1)

11.7 (10.7–12.8)

12.8 (11.6–13.9)

13.3 (12.2–14.3)

14.0 (12.9–15.1)

18.6

0.0193

Residential area

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Urban

12.2 (10.5–13.9)

10.5 (8.9–12.1)

12.1 (11.1–13.1)

13.1 (12.2–13.9)

14.5 (13.5–15.5)

14.6 (13.8–15.5)

16.0 (15.2–16.9)

31.1

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Rural

13.3 (10.4–16.2)

10.3 (8.2–12.5)

10.6 (9.4–11.8)

12.5 (10.8–14.2)

14.0 (12.1–16.0)

17.1 (14.9–19.2)

18.4 (16.1–20.7)

38.3

0.9677

Education level

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

< High school graduate

15.4 (12.4–18.3)

12.5 (9.0–16.0)

14.9 (12.3–17.6)

15.3 (13.4–17.2)

17.8 (15.1–20.6)

19.3 (16.9–21.8)

22.9 (19.3–26.4)

48.7

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

≥ High school graduate

13.6 (9.9–17.4)

11.7 (8.2–15.3)

9.8 (8.2–11.3)

11.9 (10.5–13.3)

12.1 (11.0–13.2)

13.1 (12.0–14.2)

14.2 (13.1–15.3)

4.4

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

Household income

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Q1

15.5 (11.9–19.1)

10.4 (8.0–12.7)

17.5 (14.5–20.5)

16.6 (14.1–19.1)

18.7 (16.1–21.4)

21.7 (19.4–24.0)

21.4 (18.8–24.1)

38.1

0.0002

Q4

12.4 (8.8–16.0)

10.4 (7.0–13.8)

9.6 (7.9–11.2)

12.2 (10.5–13.8)

13.4 (11.7–15.1)

11.4 (10.0–12.8)

13.9 (12.3–15.5)

12.1

&±ô³Ù; 0.0001

  1. Abbreviations: KNHANES, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Q, quartile
  2. * All estimates except for numbers of participants and diabetes are age and sex standardized to the 2020 Korean Census population using six age and sex groups (males aged 19–39, 40–64, and ≥ 65 years and females aged 19–39, 40–64, and ≥ 65 years)
  3. a Logistic regression models with survey cycles as a continuous variable are used to test linear trends