Research Article

Quality of Life in People with Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Deprivation, Gender, and Age in a New Community-Based Model of Care

Table 2

Comparison of patient demographic details between the research sample and the local health cooperative (LHCC) population of patients with Type 2 diabetes*.

Patient numbers with Type 2 diabetes in the LHCC and the research sampleTotal patient population in the LHCC with Type 2 diabetesResearch sampleLHCC patient population with Type 2 diabetes (excluding research sample) -value

Total Number14021361266

Gender.10
 Female662 (47%)55 (40%)607 (48%)
 Male740 (53%)81 (60%)659 (52%)

Mean age (SD dev) in years63.76 (13.59)65.38 (11.96)63.57 (13.75).08

Age Category.003
 <55 yrs346 (25%)28 (21%)318 (25%)
 55–64 yrs324 (23%)23 (17%)303 (24%)
 65–74 yrs415 (30%)56 (41%)357 (28%)
 >74 yrs317 (23%)29 (21%)288 (23%)

Deprivation category.007
 138 (3%)3 (2%)35 (3%)
 2260 (19%)27 (20%)233 (18%)
 3160 (11%)26 (19%)134 (11%)
 4252 (18%)32 (24%)220 (17%)
 585 (6%)8 (6%)77 (6%)
 6187 (13%)11 (8%)176 (14%)
 7420 (30%)29 (21%)391 (31%)

Grouped dep cat.001
 1 and 2268 (21%)30 (22%)268 (21%)
 3, 4 & 5431 (34%)66 (49%)431 (34%)
 6 & 7567 (45%)40 (29%)567 (45%)

Ethnic origin<.001
 Asian254 (18%)8 (6%)246 (19%)
 Other1148 (82%)128 (94%)1020 (81%)

*Chi Squared statistics were used to compare differenced in frequencies.