Characteristics of the two population-based regional surveys: SHIP-TREND (northeast) and KORA F4 (south)*.

*Results are means (SD), proportions (%) or median (IQR). P-values are calculated using Wilcoxon-Test for metric and Fisher’s exact test for dichotomous variables.Abbreviations: SHIP-TREND: Study of Health in Pomerania (2008–2012); KORA F4: Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg;The sample was restricted to participants without known diabetes and to participants who were fasting for ≥8 hours.Characteristics of the two population-based regional surveys: SHIP-TREND (northeast) and KORA F4 (south)*.