Relationship between self-reported weight change, educational status, and health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes in Luxembourg

Table 1 Characteristics of the study group according to weight change status in the 12 months before the follow up survey

Characteristics	All (n = 319)	Weight loss (n = 72)	Weight gain (n = 64)	No change (n = 183)	P value
Age, years, mean (SD)	70.1 (9.4)	69.1 (8.2)	69.9 (10.3)	70.6 (9.6)	0.4864
Sex
Men	72.7	75.0	65.6	74.6	0.3440
Women	27.3	25.0	34.4	25.4
Marital status
Married	74.0	70.8	64.1	78.5	0.0641
Other	26.0	29.2	35.9	21.6
Education level
Primary	44.5	45.8	51.6	41.4	0.5608
Secondary	44.2	45.8	39.1	45.3
Tertiary	11.3	8.3	9.4	13.3
Hypertension
Yes	61.5	60.0	69.6	59.4	0.3815
No	38.5	40.0	30.4	40.7
Cholesterol problems
Yes	58.0	55.2	74.1	53.8	0.0231
No	42.0	44.8	25.9	46.2
Smoking status
Smoker	8.5	14.1	6.4	7.2	0.2067
Ex-smoker	60.6	52.1	52.4	60.2
Never smoker	30.9	33.8	41.3	32.6
Ischemic heart disease
Yes	9.4	4.2	4.7	13.3	0.0286
No	90.6	95.8	95.3	86.7
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Yes	16.3	19.4	14.1	16.0	0.6837
No	83.7	80.6	85.9	84.0
Angina pectoris
Yes	49.5	51.4	51.6	48.1	0.8351
No	50.5	48.6	48.4	51.9

Source: Monitoring and DYNamics of health status through the Risk Factors for Cardiovascular disease (MDYNRFC) Survey, 2013/2014

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