Table 1 Health and demogrpahic characterisitcs of older people with diabetes in ROI and NI (before matching)
ROI (TILDA) | NI (NICOLA) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | ||||
Number of People with Diabetes | 634 | 902 | |||
Age (Mean) | 66.4 | 67.5 | 0.018 | ||
Male | 365 | 58% | 501 | 56% | 0.430 |
Primary Education Only | 260 | 41% | 314 | 35% | 0.014 |
Current Smoker | 109 | 17% | 148 | 16% | 0.685 |
Good Self Related Health | 320 | 50% | 345 | 38% | < 0.001 |
Diabetic Complications | |||||
None | 403 | 64% | 482 | 53% | < 0.001 |
One | 167 | 26% | 249 | 28% | 0.58 |
Two + | 64 | 10% | 171 | 19% | < 0.001 |
Heart Attack | 73 | 11.5% | 127 | 14.1% | 0.142 |
Stroke | 40 | 6.3% | 87 | 9.6% | 0.020 |
Leg ulcers | 24 | 3.8% | 39 | 4.3% | 0.601 |
Kidney disease | 41 | 6.5% | 129 | 14.3% | < 0.001 |
Neuropathy (Nerve Endings) | 90 | 14.2% | 173 | 19.2% | 0.011 |
Retinopathy | 47 | 7.4% | 83 | 9.2% | 0.215 |
Nephropathy (Kidney) | 23 | 3.6% | 74 | 8.2% | < 0.001 |
Treatment | |||||
Tablets | 498 | 78.5% | 678 | 75.2% | 0.124 |
Insulin | 107 | 16.9% | 185 | 20.5% | 0.074 |
Other Chronic diseases | |||||
None | 113 | 18% | 108 | 12% | 0.001 |
One | 215 | 34% | 280 | 31% | 0.230 |
Two | 188 | 30% | 261 | 29% | 0.760 |
Three+ | 118 | 19% | 253 | 28% | < 0.001 |
Chronic lung disease | 30 | 4.7% | 77 | 8.5% | 0.004 |
Asthma | 72 | 11.4% | 134 | 14.9% | 0.048 |
Arthritis | 204 | 32.2% | 382 | 42.4% | < 0.001 |
Osteoporosis | 34 | 5.4% | 62 | 6.9% | 0.229 |
Cancer | 46 | 7.3% | 84 | 9.3% | 0.154 |
Any emotional, nervous or psychiatric problems | 63 | 9.9% | 142 | 15.7% | 0.001 |
Alcohol or substance abuse | 14 | 2.2% | 37 | 4.1% | 0.042 |
Stomach ulcers | 47 | 7.4% | 10 | 1.1% | < 0.001 |
Varicose Ulcers | 24 | 3.8% | 53 | 5.9% | 0.065 |
High blood pressure or hypertension | 390 | 61.5% | 602 | 66.7% | 0.004 |
Angina | 72 | 11.4% | 143 | 15.9% | 0.048 |