Variable Type 2 diabetes (total Male Female Total % (95% CI) Age Years (mean, sd.) 66.6 (9.7) 68.6 (10.4) 67.4 (10.1) Location Dublin 92 (25.5) 77 (31.5) 0.17 27.9 (23.1, 33.4) Another city 113 (30.0) 84 (34.1) 31.7 (26.9, 36.9) Rural 182 (44.5) 105 (35.3) 40.3 (35.2, 45.7) Educational attainment Primary/none 163 (48.6) 116 (54.7) 0.12 51.1 (46.9, 55.4) Secondary 137 (37.1) 103 (36.1) 36.7 (32.9, 40.7) Third-level/higher 89 (14.3) 47 (9.2) 12.2 (10.1, 14.6) Medical cover State-assisted 163 (43.9) 139 (57.8) <0.01 49.7 (45.4, 53.9) Private insurance 111 (27.6) 60 (17.9) 23.6 (20.3, 27.2) Dual cover 86 (19.9) 51 (18.7) 19.4 (16.2, 23.0) No additional cover 30 (8.5) 16 (5.6) 7.3 (5.3, 10.1) Smoking Never 114 (29.9) 120 (44.0) <0.001 35.8 (31.8, 39.9) Past 210 (52.7) 94 (35.4) 45.5 (41.2, 49.9) Current 66 (17.5) 52 (20.1) 18.8 (15.8, 22.3) Physical activity Low 140 (36.8) 143 (56.5) <0.001 45.0 (40.8, 49.2) Moderate 137 (35.7) 77 (29.8) 33.3 (29.5, 37.2) High 109 (27.5) 43 (13.7) 21.8 (18.5, 25.5) Age of diagnosis <50 years 54 (16.4) 47 (16.8) 0.04 16.6 (13.7, 19.8) 50–69 years 196 (55.9) 125 (46.2) 51.8 (47.6, 55.9) 70+ years 112 (27.7) 84 (36.9) 31.6 (27.8, 35.7) Duration of DM diagnosis Years (median, IQR) 5.0 (1.5, 12) 5.5 (2.5, 15) 0.5 5.3 (2, 11) DM treatment Diet 64 (16.7) 53 (18.3) 0.9 17.5 (14.8, 20.6) Oral meds 293 (74.7) 190 (73.9) 74.2 (70.6, 77.5) Insulin 2 (1.0) 4 (0.8) 0.8 (0.3, 1.8) Both 31 (8.2) 19 (6.5) 7.5 (5.6, 10.0) Other medication Hypertension 221 (58.4) 161 (60.0) 0.6 59.1 (55.4, 63.9) High cholesterol 164 (43.4) 130 (46.5) 0.4 44.7 (40.4, 48.7) Flu shot 286 (74.3) 212 (78.5) 0.2 76.1 (72.4, 79.5) Doctor diagnosed Hypertension 236 (61.2) 170 (63.8) 0.9 62.5 (58.1, 66.6) High cholesterol 192 (50.0) 149 (54.2) 0.9 51.7 (47.5, 55.9) DM complications Macro 73 (17.8) 28 (11.4) 0.04 15.1 (12.3, 18.4) Micro 89 (25.2) 67 (26.8) 0.7 26.0 (22.5, 29.9)
