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Table 1 Patient baseline data

From: Patient-centered communication and shared decision making to reduce HbA1c levels of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus - results of the cluster-randomized controlled DEBATE trial

 

Intervention

Control

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

Number of patients

435

52.2

398

47.8

833

100.0

Sex

 Male

241

55.4

212

53.3

453

54.4

 Female

194

44.6

186

46.7

380

45.6

 Age (median)

65.9

 

65.8

 

65.9

 

Marital statusa

 Single

46

10.6

41

10.3

87

10.5

 Married

273

62.8

229

57.7

502

60.3

 Divorced

30

6.9

52

13.1

82

9.9

 Widowed

86

19.8

75

18.9

161

19.4

Living with a partnerb

 Yes

291

67.1

252

63.6

543

65.4

 No

143

32.9

144

36.4

287

34.6

Year of diagnosis (mean)

1999

 

2001

 

2000

 
  1. Notes: a one missing value, b three missing values