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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with Type 2 diabetes started on oral hypoglycemic pre and post Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) 2008 guidelines, and their primary care physicians

From: Guidelines adherence in the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a historical cohort comparing the use of metformin in Quebec pre and post-Canadian Diabetes Association guidelines

 

No (%) of patients or mean ± SD

 
 

Pre

Post

Overall

Patient characteristics

n=670

n=609

n=1,279

Gender

   

• Female

341 (50.9)

309 (50.7)

650 (50.8)

• Male

329 (49.1)

300 (49.3)

629 (49.2)

Age

   

• <65

276 (41.2)

282 (46.3)

558 (43.6)

• ≥65

394 (58.8)

327 (53.7)

721 (53.4)

Co-morbidities

   

• Cardiovascular

45 (6.7)

40 (6.6)

95 (7.4)

• Renal

10 (1.5)

7 (1.2)

17 (1.3)

Drugs

Number of oral hypoglycemic agents

   

• 1

610 (91.0)

567 (93.1)

1177 (92.0)

• ≥2

60 (9.0)

42 (6.9)

102 (8.0)

Physician characteristics

n=95

n=73

n=111

Gender

   

• Female

45 (47.4)

30 (41.1)

51 (45.9)

• Male

50 (52.6)

43 (58.9)

60 (54.1)

Practice experience (in years) (mean, SD)

22 (8.1)

23.4 (7.6)

21.95 (8.08)

Evidence score

n=83

n=68

n=92

(mean, SD)

21.1 (2.4)

21.2 (2.5)

21.2 (2.51)

• <20

20 (24.7)

18 (26.5)

23 (25.0)

• 20-23

49 (60.5)

38 (55.9)

54 (58.7)

• >23

12 (14.8)

12 (17.7)

15 (16.3)