Table 1 Distribution of patient characteristics by group
From: Evaluating the impact of onsite diabetes education teams in primary care on clinical outcomes
Control (n = 284) | Intervention (n = 487) | Standard mean difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables | Mean | SE or Quartiles | Mean | SE or Quartiles | |
Age | 61.71 | 0.80 | 58.00 | 0.61 | 0.275 |
Years since diagnosisa | 9.90 | (3.27,13.99) | 5.58 | (0.83,11.00) | 0.256 |
Categorical variables | n | % | n | % | |
Sex | 0.066 | ||||
Male | 151 | 53.17 | 275 | 56.47 | |
Female | 133 | 46.83 | 212 | 43.53 | |
Treatment modality | 0.238 | ||||
Diet | 44 | 15.55 | 52 | 10.68 | |
Orals | 179 | 63.25 | 323 | 66.32 | |
Orals + Insulin / Insulin only | 60 | 21.20 | 112 | 23 | |
Smokerb | 0.104 | ||||
Currently yes | 49 | 18.15 | 104 | 22.41 | |
Currently no | 221 | 81.85 | 360 | 77.59 | |
Site and grouping | 0.270 | ||||
Family health team affiliated with a hospital | 135 | 47.54 | 295 | 60.57 | |
Family health team other | 108 | 38.03 | 146 | 29.98 | |
Family group practice or solo practice | 41 | 14.43 | 46 | 9.45 | |
Any type of comorbidity (Yes) | 268 | 94.4 | 438 | 89.9 | 0.198 |
Specific comorbidity condition | |||||
Cardiovascular disease (Yes) | 81 | 30.1 | 98 | 22.4 | 0.199 |
Hypercholesterolemia (Yes) | 49 | `8.4 | 83 | 18.9 | 0.088 |
Hypertension (Yes) | 182 | 67.7 | 271 | 61.9 | 0.153 |
Hyperlipidemia (Yes) | 105 | 39 | 156 | 35.6 | 0.114 |
MH (Yes) | 68 | 25.3 | 127 | 29 | 0.119 |
Nephropathy (Yes) | 21 | 7.8 | 41 | 9.4 | 0.102 |
Neuropathy (Yes) | 22 | 8.2 | 35 | 8 | 0.087 |
Obesityc (Yes) | 114 | 42.5 | 238 | 54.3 | 0.238 |
Retinopathy (Yes) | 17 | 6.3 | 31 | 7.1 | 0.091 |