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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Respondents and Non-respondents in PEP Participants

From: Increased number of structured diabetes education attendance was not associated with the improvement in patient-reported health-related quality of life: results from Patient Empowerment Programme (PEP)

  

Total

Respondents

Non-respondents

 

Characteristic

(N = 298)

(N = 257)

(N = 41)

P-value*

Socio-demographic

    

Age (year, Mean ± SD)

62.0 ± 9.6

61.7 ± 9.6

63.6 ± 9.6

0.250

Sex (n, %)

   

0.204

 

Male

147 (49.3 %)

123 (47.9 %)

24 (58.5 %)

 
 

Female

151 (50.7 %)

134 (52.1 %)

17 (41.5 %)

 

Smoking status (n, %)

   

0.535

 

Non-smoker

223 (76.1 %)

191 (75.5 %)

32 (80.0 %)

 
 

Ever smoking

70 (23.9 %)

62 (24.5 %)

8 (20.0 %)

 

Alcohol status (n, %)

   

0.821

 

non-drinker

208 (71.0 %)

179 (70.8 %)

29 (72.5 %)

 
 

Ever drinking

85 (29.0 %)

74 (29.2 %)

11 (27.5 %)

 

Educational level (n, %)

   

0.051

 

Secondary or below

17 (5.8 %)

12 (4.7 %)

5 (12.5 %)

 
 

Tertiary or above

276 (94.2 %)

241 (95.3 %)

35 (87.5 %)

 

Clinical

    

Biometric Data (Mean ± SD)

   
 

Weight (kg)

65.3 ± 12.1

65.5 ± 12.4

63.6 ± 10.3

0.363

 

BMI (kg/m2)

25.7 ± 3.7

25.7 ± 3.7

25.1 ± 3.6

0.332

 

Waist (cm)

90.4 ± 9.7

90.6 ± 9.8

88.8 ± 9.7

0.297

 

HbA1c (%)

7.2 ± 1.2

7.3 ± 1.2

7.1 ± 0.9

0.495

 

SBP (mmHg)

135.9 ± 17.0

136.2 ± 17.4

134.1 ± 14.2

0.456

 

DBP (mmHg)

77.2 ± 11.2

77.2 ± 11.6

76.8 ± 8.9

0.830

 

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.8 ± 0.8

2.9 ± 0.8

2.8 ± 0.8

0.806

 

TC (mmol/L)

4.7 ± 0.9

4.7 ± 0.9

4.8 ± 1.1

0.747

 

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.3 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.4

0.873

 

TG (mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 0.9

1.8 ± 1.0

0.091

Duration of DM (year, Mean ± SD)

7.3 ± 5.9

7.3 ± 6.0

7.3 ± 5.5

0.981

Diabetic complication (n, %)

11 (3.7 %)

10 (3.9 %)

1 (2.4 %)

0.647

Hypertension (n, %)

238 (79.9 %)

207 (80.5 %)

31 (75.6 %)

0.464

Treatment Modality (n, %)

   

0.884

 

Diet only

31 (10.4 %)

27 (10.5 %)

4 (9.8 %)

 
 

Oral and/or insulin treated

267 (89.6 %)

230 (89.5 %)

37 (90.2 %)

 
  1. Note:
  2. HbA1c Haemoglobin A1c, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure, LDL-C Low Density Lipoprotein – Cholesterol, BMI Body Mass Index, TC Total Cholesterol, TG Triglycerides
  3. *Statistically different (P < 0.05) between PEP and non-PEP groups by independent t-test or Chi-square test, where appropriate