Table 2 Demographic characteristics of diabetic respondents in Canada and non-diabetic respondents in Canada and the United Kingdom from whom time trade-off utilities for hypoglycaemia were elicited.
Characteristic | Canadians with diabetes (N = 51) | Canadians without diabetes (N = 78) | UK respondents without diabetes (N = 75) |
|---|---|---|---|
Men (%) | 24 (47) | 39 (50) | 31 (41) |
Age, y-mean (SD) | 55 (12) | 47 (16) | 46 (15) |
Fully employed (%) | 25 (49) | 33 (42) | 31 (43) |
Education after age 16 y (%) | 50 (98*) | 70 (100*) | 63 (85*) |
Married or common-law (%) | 28 (55) | Â | Â |
Mean daily number of injections (SD) | 3.8 (0.9) | Â | Â |
Type 1 diabetes (%) | 25 (49) | Â | Â |
Total insulin dose per day (insulin units) (SD) | 63 (44) | Â | Â |
Last HbA1c-% (SD) | 7.9 (1.3) | Â | Â |
Race: | Â | Â | Â |
   White (%) | 41 (80) |  |  |
   Asian (%) | 10 (20) |  |  |
Number of co-morbidities | Â | Â | Â |
   0 (%) | 26 (51) |  |  |
   1 (%) | 21 (41) |  |  |
   2 (%) | 4 (8) |  |  |
   Co-morbidities: |  |  |  |
   Cancer (%) | 2 (4) |  |  |
   Cardiovascular (%) | 7 (14) |  |  |
   Depression (%) | 6 (12) |  |  |
   Respiratory (%) | 4 (8) |  |  |
   Renal (%) | 5 (10) |  |  |
   Other*** (%) | 5 (10) |  |  |