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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in usual care (n = 145) and ICDMS (n = 185) groups.

From: Protocol and baseline data from The Inala Chronic Disease Management Service evaluation study: a health services intervention study for diabetes care

 

Usual Care

ICDMS

P

Age in years, mean (standard deviation (SD))

62.9

(11.6)

59.4

(13.4)

0.01

Duration of diagnosed diabetes in years, mean (SD)

13.7

(0.9)

12.8

(0.8)

0.47

Diabetes treatment

    

0.68

   Non-pharmacological

5

(4%)

5

(3%)

 

   Oral hyperglycaemics

61

(46%)

68

(41%)

 

   Oral hyperglycaemics and insulin

41

(31%)

62

(37%)

 

   Insulin only

25

(19%)

32

(19%)

 

Sex (male)

93

(64%)

83

(45%)

0.001

Country of origin

    

0.30

   Australia

87

(61%)

78

(51%)

 

   UK and Ireland

13

(9%)

17

(11%)

 

   New Zealand

9

(6%)

7

(5%)

 

   Europe

12

(8%)

12

(8%)

 

   Asia

9

(6%)

13

(9%)

 

   Other

13

(9%)

26

(17%)

 

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

3

(2%)

8

(4%)

0.36

Smoking

    

0.74

   Never

55

(42%)

64

(39%)

 

   Ex-smoker

59

(45%)

74

(45%)

 

   Current smoker

17

(13%)

26

(16%)

 

Education level

    

0.51

   No formal qualifications

36

(27%)

36

(23%)

 

   School/Intermediate Certificate

25

(19%)

34

(21%)

 

   Higher School Certificate

25

(19%)

40

(25%)

 

   Diploma or Apprenticeship

35

(27%)

42

(26%)

 

   University Degree

11

(8%)

8

(5%)

 

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

31.8

(6.3)

33.3

(8.3)

0.08

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

91.5

(22.5)

91.0

(25.9)

0.85

HbA1c (%), mean (SD)

7.9

(1.9)

8.5

(1.9)

0.001

HbA1c ≤ 7%

54

(38%)

37

(22%)

0.003

Sitting systolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)

140

(19)

130

(16)

<0.001

Sitting diastolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD)

77

(11)

72

(11)

<0.001

Blood Pressure ≤ 130/80 mmHg, mean

48

(33%)

99

(56%)

<0.001

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L), mean (SD)

4.2

(1.1)

4.3

(1.1)

0.47

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L), mean (SD)

1.1

(0.3)

1.1

(0.4)

0.69

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L), mean (SD)

2.5

(2.4)

2.4

(0.8)

0.50

LDL-cholesterol ≤ 2.5 (mmol/L)

86

(67%)

96

(63%)

0.62

Triglycerides, mean (SD)

1.9

(1.5)

2.3

(4.1)

0.37

Neuropathy

73

(56%)

53

(31%)

<0.001

Retinopathy

53

(41%)

36

(33%)

0.28

Ischaemic heart disease

38

(34%)

56

(39%)

0.51

  1. Variables in usual care group with missing data: 1 observation missing for HbA1c; 3 observations missing for triglycerides; 5 observations missing for Aboriginality; 11 observations missing for duration of diabetes and HDL-cholesterol; 13 observations missing for diabetes treatment, country of origin, and highest education level; 14 observations missing for smoking and retinopathy; 15 observations missing for neuropathy; 16 observations missing for LDL-cholesterol; and 33 observations missing for ischaemic heart disease.
  2. Variables in ICDMS group with missing data: 5 observations missing for Aboriginality; 8 observations missing for weight and BMI; 9 observations missing for blood pressure; 12 observations missing for neuropathy; 14 observations missing for total cholesterol; 15 observations missing for triglycerides; 16 observations missing for HbA1c; 18 observations missing for diabetes treatment; 21 observations missing for country of origin and smoking status; 25 observations missing for highest education level; 29 observations missing for HDL-cholesterol; 33 observations missing for LDL-cholesterol; 40 observations missing for ischaemic heart disease; 41 observations missing for duration of diabetes; and 76 observations missing for retinopathy.
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