Vertical integrated service model: an educational intervention for chronic disease management and its effects in rural China – a study protocol

Table 4 Baseline data analysis on the socioeconomic variables for patients

		Hypertension					Diabetes
		Intervention		Control		P-value	Intervention		Control		P-value
		N	%	N	%	P-value	N	%	N	%	P-value
Mean (SD) age		62.21 (8.17)		62.70 (8.14)		0.24	61.95 (8.36)		61.35 (8.90)		0.23
Sex	Male	329	43.5	309	40.4	0.23	193	30.2	180	31.3	0.71
Sex	female	427	56.5	455	59.6	0.23	446	69.8	396	68.8	0.71
Marital status	Single	104	13.8	126	16.5	0.15	82	12.9	84	14.6	0.40
Marital status	Married	649	86.2	637	83.5	0.15	566	87.1	490	85.4	0.40
Education	Lower education^a	518	68.6	550	72.2	0.13	465	72.8	420	73.0	0.95
Education	Higher education^b	237	31.4	212	27.8	0.13	174	27.2	155	27.0	0.95
Occupation	Farming or house working	616	81.5	645	84.8	0.10	520	81.6	481	83.8	0.32
Occupation	Non-farming or others	140	18.5	116	15.2	0.10	117	18.4	93	16.2	0.32
Healthcare insurance	NRCMS^c	704	93.1	678	89.2	0.24	571	89.5	493	86.2	0.37
	UEMI^d	19	2.5	52	6.8		23	3.6	43	7.5
	URMI^e	21	2.8	21	2.8		38	6.0	29	5.1
	Other types of insurance or no insurance	12	1.6	9	1.2		6	0.9	7	1.2

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