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Table 1 Sample characteristics for the ICECAP-A and EQ-5D-3L scores and EQ-VAS by socio-demographic and clinic conditions groups of the sample

From: Assessing the reliability and validity of the ICECAP-A instrument in Chinese type 2 diabetes patients

  

ICECAP-A tariff

EQ-5D-3L utility

EQ-VAS

 

N

Mean

Sd

p-value

Mean

Sd

p-value

Mean

Sd

p-value

Gender

   

0.725

  

0.154

  

0.036

Male

194

0.85

0.09

 

0.95

0.06

 

82.98

10.59

 

Female

298

0.85

0.10

 

0.93

0.08

 

80.74

10.89

 

Age

   

0.005

  

0.595

  

< 0.001

< 35

2

0.94

0.05

 

0.96

0.00

 

92.50

3.54

 

35–44

14

0.89

0.07

 

0.94

0.07

 

85.00

9.58

 

45–54

64

0.87

0.11

 

0.95

0.05

 

85.17

7.92

 

55–64

140

0.85

0.11

 

0.94

0.07

 

81.64

13.66

 

≥65

272

0.84

0.08

 

0.93

0.08

 

80.51

9.59

 

Marital status

   

0.017

  

0.007

  

< 0.001

Married

448

0.86

0.09

 

0.94

0.06

 

82.19

10.55

 

Unmarried

44

0.81

0.12

 

0.90

0.11

 

75.80

11.88

 

Monthly income per capita

   

0.197

  

0.694

  

< 0.001

< ¥1000

54

0.87

0.12

 

0.93

0.07

 

73.52

15.07

 

¥1001–¥2000

57

0.86

0.09

 

0.92

0.12

 

78.75

11.87

 

¥2001–¥3000

225

0.85

0.08

 

0.94

0.06

 

82.59

9.36

 

¥3001–¥4000

120

0.85

0.10

 

0.95

0.05

 

83.78

8.68

 

≥¥4000

36

0.83

0.11

 

0.93

0.11

 

85.03

10.29

 

Education

   

0.667

  

0.223

  

< 0.001

Primary school or below

122

0.85

0.11

 

0.92

0.09

 

75.73

13.03

 

Middle school

132

0.85

0.09

 

0.93

0.08

 

82.34

9.72

 

High or profession school

170

0.85

0.09

 

0.94

0.06

 

83.36

9.59

 

College or above

68

0.86

0.09

 

0.96

0.02

 

86.47

6.11

 

Work status

   

0.021

  

0.756

  

< 0.001

Other work status

99

0.86

0.08

 

0.94

0.07

 

84.96

6.37

 

Working

63

0.89

0.07

 

0.94

0.06

 

86.25

7.83

 

Leisure

330

0.84

0.10

 

0.94

0.07

 

79.74

11.82

 

Health insurance

   

0.004

  

0.645

  

< 0.001

Government medical insurance

3

0.87

0.01

 

0.96

0.00

 

73.33

15.28

 

Urban resident medical insurance

17

0.79

0.16

 

0.95

0.05

 

81.35

6.10

 

Urban employee medical insurance

359

0.85

0.08

 

0.94

0.07

 

83.83

8.93

 

New cooperative medical insurance

111

0.88

0.11

 

0.93

0.08

 

74.74

13.67

 

No insurance

2

0.89

0.07

 

0.96

0.00

 

85.00

0.00

 

Income source

   

< 0.001

  

0.585

  

0.261

Salary

311

0.85

0.09

 

0.94

0.06

 

82.49

9.35

 

Agriculture production or business

21

0.88

0.08

 

0.95

0.04

 

77.05

11.36

 

Other source

127

0.83

0.10

 

0.93

0.10

 

80.40

13.31

 

Unkown

33

0.92

0.10

 

0.93

0.06

 

80.91

12.08

 

Self-reported happiness

   

0.012

  

0.022

  

0.001

Very happy

423

0.85

0.09

 

0.94

0.06

 

82.00

11.04

 

Fairly happy

66

0.85

0.09

 

0.92

0.11

 

80.17

8.25

 

fairly unhappy

3

0.55

0.08

 

0.81

0.05

 

60.00

0.00

 

Self-reported health status

   

0.013

  

0.002

  

< 0.001

Good health

314

0.86

0.09

 

0.95

0.06

 

84.37

9.50

 

Fair health

165

0.85

0.09

 

0.92

0.08

 

77.86

10.12

 

Poor health

12

0.74

0.15

 

0.87

0.14

 

62.42

16.98

 

Number of Other Chronic diseases

 

0.248

  

0.051

  

< 0.001

None

85

0.86

0.07

 

0.94

0.07

 

85.42

6.18

 

1

222

0.86

0.09

 

0.95

0.06

 

83.19

9.95

 

2 or above

185

0.84

0.11

 

0.93

0.08

 

78.02

12.36

 

Number of Complications

   

0.631

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

None

344

0.85

0.09

 

0.95

0.06

 

83.42

8.66

 

1

104

0.84

0.10

 

0.93

0.08

 

77.88

15.00

 

2 or above

41

0.85

0.08

 

0.89

0.1

 

76.20

10.64

 

Fasting Blood Glucose

   

0.184

  

0.401

  

0.001

< 6.1 mmol/L

256

0.85

0.08

 

0.94

0.06

 

83.78

7.85

 

6.1 ~ 7.0 mmol/L

87

0.85

0.11

 

0.94

0.06

 

83.81

7.74

 

≥7.0 mmol/L

133

0.86

0.11

 

0.93

0.09

 

77.83

14.38

 

Two hours Postprandial Blood Glucose

   

0.477

  

0.550

  

0.002

< 7.8 mmol/L

88

0.84

0.10

 

0.94

0.05

 

83.76

8.75

 

7.8 ~ 11.1 mmol/L

270

0.85

0.09

 

0.94

0.07

 

83.24

8.08

 

≥11.1 mmol/L

88

0.86

0.10

 

0.93

0.09

 

77.18

15.26

 

HbA1c

   

0.020

  

0.248

  

0.010

< 6.5%

328

0.84

0.09

 

0.94

0.06

 

83.12

8.74

 

≥6.5%

141

0.87

0.09

 

0.93

0.09

 

79.21

13.54

 

Overall sample

 

0.85

0.10

 

0.94

0.07

 

81.62

10.82

 
  1. ICECAP-A ICEpop CAPability measure for adults, EQ-5D-3L EuroQoL Three-Dimension, Sd standard deviation
  2. There are 1, 3, 16, 42, 23 missing data which in the categories of self-reported happiness, number of complications, fasting blood glucose, two hours postprandial blood glucose, HbA1c, respectively
  3. Monthly income per capita is classified into three levels: low-income (less than CNY 2000), middle-income (between CNY 2001 and CNY 4000), and high-income (more than CNY 4000)