Improving Diabetes Care: A Fijian Diabetes Service Improvement Study

Table 2

Description of patient characteristics. Patient characteristics ().

Gender
Male	36% (41)
Female	64% (72)
Ethnicity
FID	88% (99)
ITK	12% (14)
Mean age (in years)	62.8
Patient distribution by age
≤45	4% (4)
46-56	25% (28)
57-67	35% (40)
68-78	32% (36)
79-89	4% (5)
Duration of T2DM (in years)
Mean	7.5
Patient distribution by duration of T2DM
≤2	24% (27)
3-5	18% (20)
6-9	24% (27)
10-14	23% (26)
≥15	11% (13)
Patient distribution by:
First recorded SOPD entry RBS levels
4-<8 mmol/L	13% (14)
8.1-10 mmol/L	14% (16)
10.1–<14 mmol/L	37% (42)
≥14 mmol/L	36% (41)
Last recorded RBS levels at SOPD
4- <8 mmol/L	17% (19)
8.1-10 mmol/L	17% (19)
10.1–< 14 mmol/L	38% (43)
≥14 mmol/L	28% (32)