Diabetes in young adult men: social and health-related correlates

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Table 3 Differences in proportion reporting diabetes by comorbidity status (n = 11,075)

Potential comorbidity	Potential comorbidity status				Evidence of difference in proportion with diabetes P value from χ2 test
	Never diagnosed		Lifetime diagnosis
	Number of respondents	% with early-onset diabetes^a	Number of respondents	% with early-onset diabetes^a
Angina	10,941	2.5	98	17.5	<0.001
Anxiety disorder	9,595	2.3	1,440	4.1	<0.001
Arthritis	10,160	2.4	876	5.2	<0.001
Asthma	8,487	2.5	2,548	3.0	0.215
Cancer	10,806	2.4	231	12.3	<0.001
Cataract	10,960	2.5	86	15.1	<0.001
Chronic bronchitis	10,537	2.4	486	5.1	<0.001
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10,993	2.5	50	18.2	<0.001
Depression	8,977	2.0	2,070	5.2	<0.001
Eczema	9,825	2.5	1,207	3.0	0.320
Heart attack	10,972	2.4	81	28.7	<0.001
Heart failure	10,998	2.5	49	35.5	<0.001
High blood pressure	9,579	1.7	1,468	8.7	<0.001
High cholesterol	9,608	1.7	1,435	7.7	<0.001
Schizophrenia	10,952	2.4	84	16.9	<0.001
Sleep apnoea	10,199	2.2	841	8.2	<0.001
Stroke	10,984	1.9	60	19.0	<0.001

^aProportion adjusted for survey design characteristics and then standardised based on the age distribution of Australian males aged 18- < 50 years based on the 2011 Census

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