Research Article
Demographical, Clinical, and Psychological Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of an Online Platform for T2DM Patients (e-VitaDM-3/ZODIAC-44)
Table 9
Demographic and clinical characteristics of curious users, active users, and nonusers.
| Demographic and clinical parameters
(%)/mean ± SD/median (25–75 quartiles) | Nonusers
() | Missing | Curious users
() | Missing | Active users
() | Missing | Univariate
value |
| | Men | 214 (59.3) | 0 (0) | 113 (61.4) | 0 (0) | 50 (56.8) | 0 (0) | 0.760 | | Age in years | 62.1 ± 9.5
63.0 (56.5–68.0) | 0 (0) | 61.8 ± 9.5
62.0 (56.3–68.0) | 0 (0) | 62.0 ± 9.4
63.0 (57.0–67.0) | 0 (0) | 0.935 | | Ethnicity | | | | | | | | | Caucasian | 292 (99.0) | 66 (18.3) | 143 (100) | 41 (22.3) | 65 (100) | 23 (6.1) | 0.706 | | Other | 3 (1.0) | | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 0.382 | | T2DM duration in years | 6.2 ± 4.6
6.0 (2.0–9.0) | 9 (2.5) | 5.7 ± 4.4
5.0 (2.0–8.0) | 1 (0.5) | 5.4 ± 4.4
4.5 (2.0–8.0) | 0 (0) | 0.165 | | HbA1c in mmol/mol | 50.6 ± 9.5
50.0 (45.0–54.0) | 3 (0.8) | 48.7 ± 7.4
48.0 (43.0–54.0) | 0 (0) | 47.0 ± 7.0
46.0 (43.0–50.8) | 0 (0) | 0.001 | | BMI | 29.8 ± 4.9
29.0 (26.5–32.5) | 3 (0.8) | 30.0 ± 4.8
29.3 (26.9–32.3) | 0 (0) | 29.9 ± 8.0
28.0 (26.0–32.6) | 2 (2.3) | 0.921 | | Systolic blood pressure in mmHG | 135.6 ± 15.5 | 0 (0) | 137.2 ± 16.3 | 2 (1.1) | 135.1 ± 15.3 | 2 (2.3) | 0.463 | | Cholesterol in mmol/L | 4.4 ± 1.0 | 4 (1.1) | 4.4 ± 0.8 | 0 (0) | 4.4 ± 0.9 | 2 (2.3) | 0.775 | | HDL in mmol/L | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 4 (1.1) | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 1 (0.5) | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 2 (2.3) | 0.071 | | Cholesterol/HDL ratio | 3.6 ± 1.1 | 160 (44.3) | 3.7 ± 1.4 | 57 (31.0) | 3.4 ± 1.0 | 35 (39.8) | 0.185 | | LDL in mmol/L | 2.4 ± 0.9 | 12 (3.3) | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 3 (1.6) | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 3 (3.4) | 0.473 | | Triglycerides in mmol/L | 1.7 ± 1.0
1.5 (1.0–2.1) | 7 (1.9) | 1.8 ± 1.3
1.5 (1.1–2.1) | 0 (0) | 1.7 ± 1.0
1.4 (1.0–2.0) | 2 (2.3) | 0.531 | | Creatinine in µmol/L | 78.6 ± 17.2
77.0 (67.0–88.0) | 6 (1.7) | 80.9 ± 17.4
79.0 (68.0–92.0) | 1 (0.5) | 77.8 ± 17.8
75.5 (66.0–85.8) | 0 (0) | 0.259 | | Alb./creat. ratio in mg/mmol | | | | | | | | | Men | 2.0 ± 4.4
0.7 (0.3–1.5) | 23 (10.7) | 2.2 ± 6.9
0.5 (0.3–1.5) | 18 (15.9) | 1.3 ± 1.7
0.7 (0.3–1.5) | 7 (14.0) | 0.636 | | Women | 1.6 ± 3.5
0.7 (0.3–1.5) | 31 (21.1) | 1.1 ± 1.3
0.7 (0.4–1.5) | 8 (11.3) | 0.6 ± 0.5
0.6 (0.3–0.9) | 10 (26.4) | 0.155 | | MDRD in mL/min/1.73 m2 | 79.1 ± 49.0
75.0 (61.0–88.0) | 5 (1.4) | 75.7 ± 16.2
73.0 (61.0–87.0) | 1 (0.5) | 76.7 ± 17.4
75.5 (61.0–89.0) | 0 (0) | 0.610 | | Smoking | | | | | | | | | Yes | 54 (15.1) | 3 (0.8) | 30 (16.4) | 1 (0.5) | 11 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 0.382 | | Before | 158 (44.1) | | 73 (39.7) | | 31 (35.2) | | | | No | 146 (40.8) | | 80 (43.7) | | 46 (52.3) | | | | Alcohol consumption in units/day | | | | | | | | | 0 | 166 (58.9) | 79 (21.9) | 98 (60.9) | 23 (12.5) | 41 (60.3) | 20 (22.7) | 0.646 | | 1 | 61 (21.6) | | 8 (23.6) | | 14 (20.6) | | | | 2 | 39 (13.8) | | 17 (10.6) | | 13 (19.1) | | | | 3 | 11 (3.9) | | 7 (4.3) | | 0 (0) | | | | 4 | 4 (1.4) | | 1 (0.5) | | 0 (0) | | | | 5 | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | | | 6 | 1 (0.4) | | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | | | Employment | | | | | | | | | Fulltime/part-time working | 99 (34.3) | 72 (19.9) | 61 (39.6) | 30 (16.3) | 20 (23.8) | 4 (4.5) | 0.063 | | Retired | 134 (46.4) | | 70 (45.5) | | 46 (54.8) | | | | Unemployed/housekeeper | 38 (13.1) | | 20 (13.0) | | 9 (10.7) | | | | Incapacitated | 18 (6.2) | | 3 (1.9) | | 9 (10.7) | | | | Educational level | | | | | | | | | None | 0 (0) | 73 (20.2) | 1 (0.7) | 31 (16.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.5) | 0.125 | | Primary school | 24 (8.3) | | 9 (5.9) | | 4 (4.8) | | | | Low | 127 (44.1) | | 52 (34.0) | | 27 (32.1) | | | | Intermediate | 86 (29.9) | | 51 (33.3) | | 30 (35.7) | | | | High | 51 (17.7) | | 40 (26.1) | | 23 (27.4) | | |
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