Towards Patient-Oriented Diabetes Care: Results from Two KORA Surveys in Southern Germany

Table 4

Baseline characteristics of F3 and F4 study population.

	F3-Study; 2004-2005; ()^a	F4-Study; 2006–2008; ()^a	-value
Women (%)	46.3	41.0	0.2345
Age (years, mean (SD))	66.9 (9.5)	67.9 (8.8)	0.2442
Duration of diabetes (in years; mean (SD))	9.0 (9.1)	8.4 (7.6)	0.3755
% in categories			0.3637
0–4 yrs	39.8	39.7
5–9 yrs	23.6	29.5
10–19 yrs	22.4	21.6
20–29 yrs	9.7	6.6
≥30 yrs	4.6	2.6
Education (% basic)	73.4	73.6	0.9353
Cardiovascular comorbidity (%)^b	18.9	16.7	0.5319
BMI (kg/m^2, mean (SD))	31.2	31.3	0.6823
Type of diabetes treatment (%)	13.5	9.3	0.5341
Insulin	11.2	11.5
Insulin and OHA	51.8	55.1
OHA	23.6	24.2
Diet
Health insurance (% statutory)	87.3	92.1	0.0842
Enrollment in T2DM DMP (%)^c	13.1	28.2	<0.0001

Values are presented as percentages; ^bMCI or stroke; ^cSelf-reported enrolment; T2DM-DMPs were not widely offered at the time of the F3 survey.