Quality of Life, Depression, and Healthcare Resource Utilization among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Concomitant Hypertension and Obesity: A Prospective Survey

Table 3

Healthcare resource utilization for T2DM respondents with and without comorbid hypertension and obesity.

Resource use	T2DM + HTN + Obesity; 𝑁=1,395	T2DM alone 𝑁=370
Emergency room visits
0 visits, %	80.3	82.4
1 visit, %	11.3	12.4
2 or more visits, %	8.4	5.1
Mean (SD) for those with ≥1 visit	1.9 (1.5)^*	1.4 (0.8)
Hospitalizations
≥1 hospital stay in past 12 months	20.9	20.1
Median (IQR) total number of days hospitalized (all stays) for those with ≥1 hospital stay	4.0 (2–8)	3.0 (2–10)

^*𝑃=0.02.
HTN: hypertension; SD: standard deviation; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; IQR: interquartile range.