Table 1 Population characteristics between patients who reported versus those who did not report symptoms of hypoglycemia
From: Is hypoglycemia fear independently associated with health-related quality of life?
Characteristic, n (%) | No hypoglycemia(n = 235) | Hypoglycemia(n = 578) | Pvalue* |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, y | |||
<65 | 203 (86.4) | 525 (90.8) | 0.0603 |
≥65 | 32 (13.6) | 53 (9.2) | |
Sex | |||
Female | 78 (33.2) | 263 (45.5) | 0.0013 |
Male | 157 (66.8) | 315 (54.5) | |
Family history of diabetes | |||
No | 58 (26.9) | 110 (20.4) | 0.0528 |
Yes | 158 (73.2) | 430 (79.6) | |
Treatment | |||
Any OAD with insulin | 49 (20.9) | 244 (42.2) | |
SU without insulin | 74 (31.5) | 172 (29.8) | <.0001 |
Non-SU OAD without insulin | 112 (47.7) | 162 (28.0) | |
Diabetes treatment period, y | |||
<1 | 45 (19.2) | 96 (16.7) | 0.4765 |
1–2 | 70 (29.9) | 151 (26.3) | |
3–5 | 63 (26.9) | 167 (29.1) | |
6–10 | 36 (15.4) | 91 (15.9) | |
>10 | 20 (8.6) | 69 (12.0) | |
Ethnicity | |||
White | |||
No | 52 (22.5) | 161 (28.3) | 0.0961 |
Yes | 179 (77.5) | 409 (71.8) | |
Black or African American | |||
No | 196 (84.9) | 469 (82.3) | 0.3806 |
Yes | 35 (15.2) | 101 (17.7) | |
Hispanic or Latino | |||
No | 209 (89.7) | 525 (92.3) | 0.2360 |
Yes | 24 (10.3) | 44 (7.7) | |
Marital status | |||
Single, never married | 25 (10.7) | 68 (11.8) | 0.6079 |
Married | 167 (71.4) | 390 (67.7) | |
Divorced | 32 (13.7) | 82 (14.2) | |
Separated | 2 (0.9) | 14 (2.4) | |
Widowed | 8 (3.4) | 22 (3.8) | |
Annual household income, $US | |||
<25,000 | 13 (5.9) | 44 (8.0) | 0.7025 |
25,000–49,999 | 68 (30.6) | 169 (30.8) | |
50,000–74,999 | 42 (18.9) | 116 (21.1) | |
75,000–99,999 | 36 (16.2) | 78 (14.2) | |
>100,000 | 63 (28.4) | 142 (25.9) | |
Education | |||
Less than secondary | 9 (3.9) | 14 (2.5) | 0.8425 |
Some secondary | 4 (1.7) | 14 (2.5) | |
Secondary or equivalent | 53 (22.8) | 131 (22.9) | |
Tertiary but no degree | 60 (25.8) | 166 (29.0) | |
2-year undergraduate degree | 28 (12.0) | 59 (10.3) | |
>2-year undergraduate degree | 51 (21.9) | 199 (20.8) | |
Graduate school | 28 (12.0) | 69 (12.1) | |
US Region | |||
Northeast | 13 (5.5) | 33 (5.7) | 0.2144 |
Midwest | 29 (12.3) | 54 (9.3) | |
South | 181 (77.0) | 440 (76.1) | |
West | 12 (5.1) | 51 (8.8) | |
Morisky adherence | |||
Low | 123 (52.8) | 265 (46.3) | 0.3058 |
Relatively low | 71 (30.5) | 186 (32.5) | |
Middle | 28 (12.0) | 77 (13.4) | |
Relatively high | 10 (4.3) | 36 (6.3) | |
High | 1 (0.4) | 9 (1.6) |