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Table 2 Clinical and Psychological Characteristics of Sample studied

From: Impact of social disadvantages in the presence of diabetes at old age

 

Diabetes Incident Group n = 459

Diabetes Prevalent Group n = 1,903

No diabetes n = 6,486

Total n = 8,848

Hypertension, n(%)

219 (47.71)

1,184 (62.22)

2,501 (38.56)

3,904 (44.12)

Cancer, n(%)

9 (1.96)

53 (2.79)

118 (1.82)

180 (2.03)

Heart attack, n(%)

17 (3.70)

107 (5.62)

182 (2.81)

306 (3.46)

Lung Chronic Disease, n(%)

27 (5.88)

104 (5.47)

366 (5.64)

497 (5.62)

Stroke, n(%)

9 (1.96)

58 (3.05)

98 (1.51)

165 (1.86)

Depression, n(%)

316 (68.85)

1,192 (62.64)

4,686 (72.25)

6,194 (70.00)

Internal Locus of Control, n(%)

313 (68.19)

1,325 (69.63)

4,469 (68.90)

6,107 (69.02)

 Mean (SD)

5.20 (1.64)

5.17 (1.71)

5.19 (1.71)

5.18 (1.71)

Smoking

 Never

299 (65.14)

1,273 (66.89)

3,968 (61.18)

5,540 (62.61)

 Sometime / ex-smoker

104 (22.66)

465 (24.44)

1,609 (24.81)

2,178 (24.62)

 Currently smoker

56 (12.20)

165 (8.67)

909 (14.01)

1,130 (12.77)

Alcohol drinking, (%)

 Never

51 (11.11)

249 (13.08)

742 (11.44)

1,042 (11.78)

 Sometime

334 (72.77)

1,421 (74.67)

4,489 (69.21)

6,244 (70.57)

 Yes, moderate

31 (6.75)

98 (5.15)

536 (8.26)

665 (7.52)

 Yes, severe

43 (9.37)

135 (7.09)

719 (11.09)

897 (10.14)

Body Mass Index, n(%)

 Low weight

10 (2.18)

123 (6.46)

642 (9.90)

775 (8.76)

 Normal

167 (36.38)

692 (36.36)

2,728 (42.06)

3,587 (40.54)

 Overweight

114 (24.84)

458 (24.07)

1,526 (23.53)

2,098 (23.71)

 Obesity

168 (36.60)

630 (33.11)

1,590 (24.51)

2,388 (26.99)

 Mean (SD)

29.00 (4.73)

28.49 (5.01)

27.30 (4.59)

27.64 (4.73)

Health Self-perception, n(%)

 Bad

291 (63.40)

1,543 (81.08)

3,696 (56.98)

5,530 (62.50)

 Good

168 (36.60)

360 (18.92)

2,790 (43.02)

3,318 (37.50)

Help walking around the house, n(%)

4 (0.87)

47 (2.47)

52 (0.80)

103 (1.16)

Help bathing, n(%)

2 (0.44)

39 (2.05)

49 (0.76)

90 (1.02)

Help eating, n(%)

2 (0.44)

35 (1.84)

29 (0.45)

66 (0.75)

Help using toilet, n(%)

3 (0.65)

37 (1.94)

41 (0.63)

81 (0.92)

Help getting in/out bed, n(%)

6 (1.31)

52 (2.73)

66 (1.02)

124 (1.40)

Number of limitations, ADL n(%)

 0

450 (98.04)

1,803 (94.75)

6,346 (97.84)

8,599 (97.19)

 1

4 (0.87)

44 (2.31)

90 (1.39)

138 (1.56)

 2

3 (0.65)

24 (1.26)

22 (0.34)

49 (0.55)

 3

1 (0.22)

14 (0.74)

15 (0.23)

30 (0.34)

 4

1 (0.22)

14 (0.74)

7 (0.11)

22 (0.25)

 5

0 (0.00)

4 (0.21)

6 (0.09)

10 (0.11)