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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Validation of two generic patient-reported outcome measures in patients with type 2 diabetes

Characteristic

Total Sample (N = 130)

Edinburgh (N = 53)

London (N = 77)

p value1

Age (mean, SD)

55.7 (10.3)

56.2 (8.8)

55.4 (11.3)

0.69

Gender (n, %)

    

Male

84 (64.6%)

33 (62.3%)

51 (66.2%)

0.71

Female

46 (35.4%)

20 (37.7%)

26 (33.8%)

 

Ethnicity (n, %)

    

White

105 (80.8%)

53 (100.0%)

52 (67.5%)

<0.0001

Black

8 (6.2%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (10.4%)

 

Indian

8 (6.2%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (10.4%)

 

Other

9 (6.9%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (11.7%)

 

Marital Status (n, %)

    

Married

79 (60.8%)

37 (69.8%)

42 (54.5%)

0.10

Not married

51 (39.2%)

16 (30.2%)

35 (45.5%)

 

Employment Status (n, %)

    

Full-time work

46 (35.4%)

19 (35.8%)

27 (35.1%)

0.91

Retired

47 (36.2%)

20 (37.7%)

27 (35.1%)

 

Other

37 (28.5%)

14 (26.4%)

23 (29.9%)

 

Education Level (n, %)

    

Did not complete college degree

86 (66.2%)

40 (75.5%)

46 (59.7%)

0.089

Completed college degree or higher

44 (33.8%)

13 (24.5%)

31 (40.3%)

 

Body Mass Index 2

31.5 (5.4)

32.3 (5.6)

31.0 (5.3)

0.19

Age when Diagnosed with Diabetes (mean, SD)

49.1 (11.2)

49.1 (11.2)

49.2 (11.3)

0.96

Current Treatment (n, %)

    

Diet and/or exercise alone

14 (10.8%)

6 (11.3%)

8 (10.4%)

0.34

Oral meds alone (no injectable)

85 (65.4%)

31 (58.5%)

54 (70.1%)

 

Injectable medication with or without other treatment

31 (23.8%)

16 (30.2%)

15 (19.5%)

 

Other Health Conditions (n, %)

    

Hypertension (n, %)

48 (36.9%)

17 (32.1%)

31 (40.3%)

0.36

Diabetic retinopathy (n, %)

7 (5.4%)

3 (5.7%)

4 (5.2%)

1.00

Depression or other mental health condition (n, %)

17 (13.1%)

7 (13.2%)

10 (13.0%)

1.00

Other Health Condition(s) (n, %)

56 (43.1%)

25 (47.2%)

31 (40.3%)

0.47

None (n, %)

45 (34.6%)

16 (30.2%)

29 (37.7%)

0.45

  1. 1 P value is for comparisons between the Edinburgh sample and the London sample. Continuous variables compared with t-tests; 2-level categorical variables such as gender compared with Fisher's exact test; categorical variables with more than two levels were compared with chi-squares.
  2. 2 Body Mass Index = (weight in pounds/[height in inches]2) × 703