Quality of Life in People with Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Deprivation, Gender, and Age in a New Community-Based Model of Care
Table 2
Comparison of patient demographic details between the research sample and the local health cooperative (LHCC) population of patients with Type 2 diabetes*.
Patient numbers with Type 2 diabetes in the LHCC and the research sample
Total patient population in the LHCC with Type 2 diabetes
Research sample
LHCC patient population with Type 2 diabetes (excluding research sample)
-value
Total Number
1402
136
1266
—
Gender
.10
Female
662 (47%)
55 (40%)
607 (48%)
Male
740 (53%)
81 (60%)
659 (52%)
Mean age (SD dev) in years
63.76 (13.59)
65.38 (11.96)
63.57 (13.75)
.08
Age Category
.003
<55 yrs
346 (25%)
28 (21%)
318 (25%)
55–64 yrs
324 (23%)
23 (17%)
303 (24%)
65–74 yrs
415 (30%)
56 (41%)
357 (28%)
>74 yrs
317 (23%)
29 (21%)
288 (23%)
Deprivation category
.007
1
38 (3%)
3 (2%)
35 (3%)
2
260 (19%)
27 (20%)
233 (18%)
3
160 (11%)
26 (19%)
134 (11%)
4
252 (18%)
32 (24%)
220 (17%)
5
85 (6%)
8 (6%)
77 (6%)
6
187 (13%)
11 (8%)
176 (14%)
7
420 (30%)
29 (21%)
391 (31%)
Grouped dep cat
.001
1 and 2
268 (21%)
30 (22%)
268 (21%)
3, 4 & 5
431 (34%)
66 (49%)
431 (34%)
6 & 7
567 (45%)
40 (29%)
567 (45%)
Ethnic origin
<.001
Asian
254 (18%)
8 (6%)
246 (19%)
Other
1148 (82%)
128 (94%)
1020 (81%)
*Chi Squared statistics were used to compare differenced in frequencies.