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Table 2 Baseline intermediate clinical outcomes, chronic care study, 2011 (N = 193†)

From: Characteristics of Indigenous adults with poorly controlled diabetes in north Queensland: implications for services

 

Aboriginal

Torres Strait Islander

Overall

P-value

Median (interquartile range) HbA1c

10.9 (9.6-12.1)

11.0 (9.7-12.4)

10.9 (9.7-12.2)

0.38

Hypertension diagnosed (%)

75 (78)

71 (74)

146 (76)

0.50

Mean (95% CI) systolic BP (mmHg)

131.0 (126.9-135.2)

131.6 (127.6-135.7)

131.3 (128.5-134.2)

0.84

Mean (95% CI) diastolic BP (mmHg)

80.0 (77.8-82.3)

78.8 (76.5-81.1)

79.4 (77.8-81.0)

0.44

Hypertension diagnosed and normal BP‡ (%)

38 (51)

39 (55)

77 (53)

0.61

Albuminuria (%)

56 (76)

47 (73)

103 (75)

0.76

Median (interquartile range) estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/1.73 m2)

103.9 (88.6-111.4)

94.7 (77.1-115.7)

100.6 (80.9-113.0)

0.27

Chronic kidney disease stage

   

0.08

  Normal renal function

17 (24)

19 (29)

36 (27)

 

  Stage 1 (%)

35 (49)

21 (32)

56 (41)

 

  Stage 2 (%)

15 (21)

14 (22)

29 (21)

 

  Stage 3 (%)

4 (6)

11 (17)

15 (11)

 

  Total

71

65

136

 

Mean (95% CI) total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.7 (4.4-5.0)

4.6 (4.3-4.9)

4.6 (4.4-4.8)

0.53

Total cholesterol <4 mmol/L (%)

25 (31)

27 (38)

52 (34)

0.38

Mean (95% CI) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.90 (0.85-0.95)

1.05 (0.77-1.3)

0.98 (0.83-1.12)

0.32

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥1 mmol/L (%)

25 (38)

18 (26)

43 (32)

0.13

Mean total cholesterol: HDL ratio (95% CI)

5.3 (4.9-5.7)

5.3 (4.9-5.7)

5.3 (5.0-5.6)

0.88

Median (interquartile range) triglyceride (mmol/L)

2.2 (1.5-3.5)

1.7 (1.1-2.8)

2.0 (1.2-3.1)

0.02

Triglyceride <1.5 mmol/L (%)

19 (24)

33 (46)

52 (35)

0.004

Dyslipidaemia (%)

78 (98)

66 (93)

144 (95)

0.19

Taking insulin (%)

35 (36)

43 (44)

78 (40)

0.27

Monitors own blood sugar (%)

45 (47)

37 (39)

82 (43)

0.22

Adherent to all medications (%)

46 (48)

31 (32)

77 (40)

0.02

Prescribed anti-hypertensive medication if diagnosis of hypertension (%)

67 (89)

67 (94)

134 (92)

0.27

Albuminuria and prescribed renin-angiotensin inhibitors (%)

45 (80)

42 (89)

87 (85)

0.13

Prescribed lipid lowering medication (%)

77 (80)

68 (70)

145 (75)

0.10

  1. †Missing data: Systolic and Diastolic BP 9, Hypertension diagnosed 1, Albuminuria 55, CKD 54 (3 CKD stage 4 not included), TC 42, HDL-C 59, TG 43, Dyslipidaemia 42, monitors blood sugar 2, sometimes miss medication 9.
  2. ‡Defined as <140/90.
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