Homocysteine, Cortisol, Diabetes Mellitus, and Psychopathology

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the sample.

	Total; ( = 131)		Controlled; ( = 86)		Uncontrolled; ( = 45)
	mean	±s.d.	mean	±s.d.	mean	±s.d.
Age	64.0	±9.95	64.2	±10.94	63.6	±7.84	0.759
Duration	11.9	±8.73	11.5	±8.96	12.6	±8.31	0.498
Homocysteine	13.3	±4.37	12.9	±3.65	13.9	±5.49	0.278
Cortisol	13.6	±4.52	13.5	±4.46	13.7	±4.69	0.790
		%		%		%
Education
Elementary	106	80.9	71	82.6	35	77.8	0.791
Secondary	8	6.1	5	5.8	3	6.7
Highest	17	13.0	10	11.6	7	15.6
Occupation
Housekeeping	49	37.4	30	34.9	19	42.2	0.686
Pensioners	40	30.5	26	30.2	14	31.1
Civil servants	10	7.6	8	9.3	2	4.4
Self-employed	32	24.4	22	25.6	10	22.2

Parentheses display the standard deviations.