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Table 1 Characteristics of SHIELD respondents with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus who completed the 2004 and 2009 EQ-5D questionnaires, n = 6,284

From: Change in health status (EQ-5D) over 5 years among individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus in the SHIELD longitudinal study

Characteristics

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (n = 1,741)

No diabetes (n = 4,543)

p-value

Age, years, mean (SD)

60.6 (11.7)

56.1 (15.0)

<0.001

Women,%

60.2

62.4

0.25

White,%

85.4

89.5

<0.001

Education, high school degree or less,%

35.1

28.5

<0.001

Household income, <$40,000,%

51.9

41.8

<0.001

Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD)

33.7 (8.0)

29.8 (6.9)

<0.001

Duration of diabetes, years, mean (SD)

9.0 (7.8)

Not applicable