Research Article
Demographical, Clinical, and Psychological Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of an Online Platform for T2DM Patients (e-VitaDM-3/ZODIAC-44)
Table 4
Demographic and clinical characteristics of users and nonusers.
| Demographic and clinical parameters
(%)/mean ± SD/median (25–75 quartiles) | Nonusers () | Missing | Users () | Missing | Univariate
value |
| | Men | 214 (59.3) | 0 (0) | 163 (59.9) | 0 (0) | 0.95 | | Age in years | 62.1 ± 9.5
63.0 (56.5–68.0) | 0 (0) | 61.8 ± 9.4
62.5 (57.0–68.0) | 0 (0) | 0.732 | | Ethnicity | | | | | | | Caucasian | 292 (99.0) | 66 (18.3) | 208 (100) | 64 (2.5) | 0.271 | | Other | 3 (1.0) | | 0 (0) | | | | T2DM duration in years | 6.2 ± 4.6
6.0 (2.0–9.0) | 9 (2.5) | 5.6 ± 4.4
5.0 (2.0–8.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.068 | | HbA1c in mmol/mol | 50.6 ± 9.5
50.0 (45.0–54.0) | 3 (0.8) | 48.2 ± 7.3
47.0 (43.0–53.0) | 0 (0) | <0.0005 | | BMI | 29.8 ± 4.9
29.0 (26.5–32.5) | 3 (0.8) | 30.0 ± 6.0
28.7 (26.3–32.4) | 2 (0.7) | 0.724 | | Systolic blood pressure in mmHG | 135.6 ± 15.5 | 0 (0) | 136.5 ± 16.0 | 4 (1.5) | 0.463 | | Cholesterol in mmol/L | 4.4 ± 1.0 | 4 (1.1) | 4.4 ± 0.9 | 2 (0.7) | 0.499 | | HDL in mmol/L | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 4 (1.1) | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 3 (1.1) | 0.581 | | Cholesterol/HDL ratio | 3.6 ± 1.1 | 160 (44.3) | 3.6 ± 1.3 | 92 (33.8) | 0.899 | | LDL in mmol/L | 2.4 ± 0.9 | 12 (3.3) | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 6 (2.2) | 0.240 | | Triglycerides in mmol/L | 1.7 ± 1.0
1.5 (1.0–2.1) | 7 (1.9) | 1.8 ± 1.2
1.5 (1.1–2.1) | 2 (0.7) | 0.482 | | Creatinine in µmol/L | 78.6 ± 17.2
77.0 (67.0–88.0) | 6 (1.7) | 79.9 ± 17.5
79.0 (67.0–90.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.359 | | Alb./creat. ratio in mg/mmol | | | | | | | Men | 2.0 ± 4.4
0.7 (0.3–1.5) | 23 (10.7) | 1.9 ± 5.8
0.5 (0.3–1.5) | 25 (15.3) | 0.853 | | Women | 1.6 ± 3.5
0.7 (0.3–1.5) | 31 (21.1) | 0.9 ± 1.1
0.6 (0.4–1.2) | 18 (16.5) | 0.070 | | MDRD in mL/min/1.73 m2 | 79.1 ± 49.0
75.0 (61.0–88.0) | 5 (1.4) | 76.0 ± 16.6
74.0 (61.0–87.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.329 | | Smoking | | | | | | | Yes | 54 (15.1) | 3 (0.8) | 41 (15.1) | 1 (0.4) | 0.306 | | Before | 158 (44.1) | | 104 (38.4) | | | | No | 146 (40.8) | | 126 (46.5) | | | | Alcohol consumption in units/day | | | | | | | 0 | 166 (58.9) | 79 (21.9) | 139 (60.7) | 43 (15.8) | 0.870 | | 1 | 61 (21.6) | | 52 (22.7) | | | | 2 | 39 (13.8) | | 30 (13.1) | | | | 3 | 11 (3.9) | | 7 (3.1) | | | | 4 | 4 (1.4) | | 1 (0.4) | | | | 5 | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | | | 6 | 1 (0.4) | | 0 (0) | | | | Employment | | | | | | | Fulltime/part-time working | 99 (34.3) | 72 (19.9) | 81 (34.0) | 34 (12.5) | 0.909 | | Retired | 134 (46.4) | | 116 (48.7) | | | | Unemployed/ housekeeper | 38 (13.1) | | 29 (12.2) | | | | Incapacitated | 18 (6.2) | | 12 (5.0) | | | | Educational level | | | | | | | None | 0 (0) | 73 (20.2) | 1 (0.4) | 35 (12.9) | 0.017 | | Primary school | 24 (8.3) | | 13 (5.5) | | | | Low | 127 (44.1) | | 79 (33.3) | | | | Intermediate | 86 (29.9) | | 81 (29.8) | | | | High | 51 (17.7) | | 63 (23.2) | | |
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