The Cost of Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Greece: A Retrospective Analysis of 10-Year Patient Level Data “The HERCULES Study”

Table 1

Demographic characteristics.

	Total ( = 211)	HbA1c ≤ 7 ( = 100)	HbA1c > 7 ( = 111)	value
Age (years)
Mean; (SD)	72.9; (8.1)	73.6; (7.5)	72.3; (8.6)	N/S
Gender
Males	106 (50.2%)	51 (51.0%)	55 (49.5%)	N/S
Females	105 (49.8%)	49 (49.0%)	56 (50.5%)
BMI (at time of recruitment)
Normal/thin (<25)	37 (17.5%)	26 (26.0%)	11 (9.9%)	0.022
Overweight (25–30)	93 (44.1%)	43 (43.0%)	50 (45.0%)	N/S
Obese (>30)	81 (38.4%)	31 (31.0%)	50 (45.0%)	0.039
Years since first diagnosis
Mean; (SD)	21.2; (7.5)	20.0; (7.6)	22.3; (7.2)	N/S
HbA1c
Mean; (SD)	7.3; (1.0)	6.6; (0.4)	8.0; (0.8)

BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation.