Development of diabetes-specific quality of life module to be in conjunction with the World Health Organization quality of life scale brief version (WHOQOL-BREF)

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Participant characteristics	Value
Age, years, median (IQR)	63 (55, 70)
Sex, male, n (%)	59 (50.4)
Education, ≥ College, n (%)	45 (38.5)
Diabetes complication^a
CCD, n (%)	16 (17.6)
PVD, n (%)	4 (4.4)
Retinopathy, n (%)	16 (17.6)
Nephropathy, n (%)	34 (37.4)
Neuropathy, n (%)	10 (11.0)
HbA1c, percentage, median (IQR)	7.50 (6.83, 8.30)
Cholesterol, mg/dl, median (IQR)^a	159.50 (139.75, 183.00)
HDL, mg/dl, median (IQR)^a	46.50 (36.00, 57.00)
LDL, mg/dl, median (IQR)^a	99.00 (85.00, 121.00)
Triglyceride, mg/dl, median (IQR)^a	122.00 (87.00, 162.25)
e-GFR, ml/min, median (IQR)^a	90.00 (72.00, 90.00)

^awith missing values
Abbreviations: CCD Cerebral and cardiovascular diseases, PVD Peripheral vascular diseases, HDL High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, e-GRF estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate