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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample and fulfilment of target criteria

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiometabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes

Characteristics

N availablea

Control previous Year (%)b

Unachieved targets (%)c

HbA1c > 7%

LDL > 100 mg/dl

BP > 140/90 mmHg

Current smoker

(n = 32,638)

(n = 32,638)

(n = 23,094)

(n = 23,891)

(n = 24,595)

(n = 12,413)

Age

32,638(100%)

70.8

39.9

59.5

30.1

16.0

 < 65 years

10,803(33.1%)

64.3

41.5

64.6

26.5

30.9

 ≥ 65 years

21,835(66.9%)

73.9

39.2

57.4

31.5

9.9

Sex

32,206(98.7%)

71.2

39.9

59.5

30.1

16.0

 Men

18,188(56.5%)

70.9

38.8

55.3

30.0

21.3

 Women

14,018(43.5%)

71.6

41.2

64.8

30.3

8.8

Pensioner situation

32,638(100%)

70.8

39.9

59.5

30.1

16.0

 Non-pensioner

8838 (27.1%)

63.1

41.7

66.2

28.0

29.6

 Pensioner

23,800 (72.9%)

73.7

39.3

57.4

30.7

11.9

Education level

32,060(98.2%)

71.3

39.8

59.5

30.1

16.0

 College education

1655(5.2%)

63.1

33.2

59.5

28.8

17.0

 Secondary education

3056(9.5%)

65.8

36.7

60.8

28.6

24.7

 Primary education

16,869(52.6%)

72.2

40.0

60.1

30.0

17.0

 Without primary education

10,480(32.7%)

72.6

41.3

58.2

30.7

11.9

Income

31,709 (97.2%)

70.9

39.8

59.5

30.1

16.0

 ≥ 18,000 €

8372 (26.4%)

72.5

36.5

60.6

29.4

19.6

 < 18,000 €

21,95,269.2%)

70.4

41.0

59.0

30.3

14.2

 Excluded/exempted

1385 (4.4%)

70.6

42.2

61.6

31.5

23.2

  1. aN available: Number of patients and percentage of data available for each variable and number and percentage of patients in each category
  2. bControl previous year: Percentage of patients with HbA1c data within the past 15 months
  3. cUnachieved targets: Percentage of patients within each category that did not reach the current local control targets for each risk factor