| Self-rated health | P | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Very good | Good | Fair | Poor | |
N (%) | 71 (11.6) | 210 (35.1) | 267 (44.6) | 51 (8.5) | Â |
Sex (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.18 |
  Women | 28 (39.4) | 93 (44.3) | 141 (48.8) | 27 (52.9) |  |
  Men | 43 (60.6) | 117 (55.7) | 126 (47.2) | 24 (47.1) |  |
Age (Years) | 65.5 | 65.9 | 65.9 | 63.5 | 0.59 |
(56.0-73.7) | (54.1-73.2) | (57.4-74.4) | (57.1-73.1) | ||
Cohabiting (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.64 |
  Yes | 48 (68.6) | 151 (71.9) | 185 (69.3) | 32 (62.8) | |
Smoking habits (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.72 |
  Never | 20 (28.2) | 70 (33.7) | 82 (30.7) | 18 (35.3) | |
  Former | 27 (38.0) | 73 (35.1) | 83 (31.1) | 17 (33.3) | |
  Current | 24 (33.8) | 65 (31.3) | 102 (38.2) | 16 (31.4) | |
Level of physical activity (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
  Much | 8 (11.4) | 24 (11.3) | 10 (3.8) | 1 (2.0) | |
  Moderate | 51 (72.9) | 145 (69.1) | 170 (63.9) | 27 (52.9) | |
  Low | 11 (15.7) | 41 (19.5) | 86 (32.3) | 23 (45.1) | |
Number of diabetes-related symptomsa | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | <0.0001 |
(1–4) | (2–5) | (2–5) | (3–7) | ||
Haemoglobin A1cb (fract., %) | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 0.53 |
(8.0-11.3) | (8.5-11.5) | (8.1-11.5) | (8.2-11.2) | ||
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.9 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 29.2 | 0.49 |
(26.0-32.2) | (26.2-32.6) | (26.3-32.9) | (25.8-33.6) | ||
Cancer (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.73 |
  Yes | 4 (5.7) | 8 (3.8) | 20 (7.5) | 5 (9.8) |  |
Complications (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Retinopathy |  |  |  |  | 0.72 |
  Yes | 3 (4.4) | 11 (5.7) | 9 (3.7) | 3 (6.4) |  |
  Neuropathy |  |  |  |  | 0.64 |
  Yes | 12 (17.1) | 39 (18.8) | 48 (18.2) | 13 (29.5) |  |
  CVD |  |  |  |  | <0.0001 |
  Yes | 9 (12.7) | 46 (21.9) | 90 (33.7) | 25 (49.0) |  |
Urinary albumin | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.40 |
  Normal | 37 (55.2) | 117 (60.6) | 132 (55.7) | 23 (52.3) | |
  Microalbuminuria | 27 (40.3) | 72 (37.3) | 89 (37.6) | 19 (43.2) | |
  Proteinuria | 3 (4.5) | 4 (2.1) | 16 (6.8) | 2 (4.6) |