Inhospital Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study in Lima, Peru

Table 2

Sociodemographic factors associated with death during hospitalization.

	Time to event; (mean, in days)	Dead/total; ()	value
Gender
Female	9.9	30/314 (9.5%)	0.15
Male	17.8	12/180 (6.7%)
Age (years)
50 years	11.3	3/91 (3.3%)	0.12
50–59 years	10.6	9/132 (6.8%)
60–69 years	11.7	14/125 (11.2%)
70+ years	13.5	16/149 (10.7%)
Place of origin
Coast	11.8	36/418 (8.6%)	0.90
Highlands	13.0	4/60 (6.7%)
Jungle	16.0	2/19 (10.5%)
Education level
7 years	8.6	21/236 (8.9%)	0.52
7–11 years	21.1	13/204 (6.4%)
12+ years	5.0	5/51 (9.8%)
Time of disease (years)
5 years	9.8	13/131 (9.9%)	0.97
5–9 years	17.7	6/77 (7.8%)
10–14 years	5.0	6/85 (7.1%)
15+ years	13.7	14/148 (9.5%)
Hospital admission
Outpatient	12.3	39/465 (8.4%)	0.73
Emergency	10.0	3/33 (9.1%)
Receiving treatment before admission
No	10.5	15/156 (9.6%)	0.35
Yes	13.0	27/343 (7.9%)
Glycemic control (HbA1c)
Controlled (7%)	11.1	8/71 (11.3%)	0.14
Uncontrolled (7%)	10.7	13/228 (5.7%)

Log-rank test was used to calculate values.