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Table 2 Completeness of combined data from general practices, Fairfield Hospital and Diabetes Clinic for admitted and not admitted patients

From: Linking observational data from general practice, hospital admissions and diabetes clinic databases: can it be used to predict hospital admission?

Attributes

With admission (n = 644)

N(%)

Without admission (n = 4,392)

N (%)

All patients (n = 5,036)

N (%)

Year of birth (YOB)

644 (100)

4,392 (100)

5,036 (100)

Gender

644 (100)

4,392 (100)

5,036 (100)

Marital status

644 (100)

4,071 (92.7)a 1,998 (45.5) b

4,715 (93.6)a 2642 (52.5) b

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander

644 (100)

2,218 (50.5)

2,862 (56.8)

Country of Birth (COB)

644 (100)

303 (6.9)

947 (18.8)

Body Mass Index (BMI)

177 (27.5)

1,495 (34)

1,672 (33.2)

Smoking status

342 (53.1)

2909 (60.2)

3,251 (64.5)

Alcohol consumption

27 (4.2)

121 (2.8)

148 (2.9)

Any pathology results

373 (57.9)

2223 (50.6)

2596 (51.5)

HbA1c

290 (45)

2,034 (46.3)

2,324 (46.1)

Total Cholesterol

302 (46.9)

2,052 (46.7)

2,354 (46.7)

HDL-Cholesterol

248 (38.5)

1,871 (42.6)

2119 (42.1)

LDL-Cholesterol

252 (39.1)

1,843 (42)

2,095 (41.6)

Triglycerides

301 (46.7)

2,052 (46.7)

2,353 (46.7)

Urinary albumin

81 (12.6)

345 (7.9)

426 (8.5)

Systolic Blood Pressure

413 (64)

3,342 (76.1)

3,755 (74.6)

All prescriptions

644 (100)

4,344 (98.9)

4,988 (99.0)

Prescriptions -T2DM related

344 (53.4)

3,588 (81.7)

3,932 (78.1)

Prescriptions – Not T2DM related

555 (86.2)

4,344 (98.9)

4,899 (97.3)

GP Visits

644 (100)

4,392 (100)

5,036 (100)

Diabetes Clinic visits

170 (26.4)

334 (7.6)

504 (10.0)

Co-morbidities total#

393 (61)

245 (5.6)

638 (12.7)

Cancer

48 (7.5)

262 (6)

310 (6.2)

Psychological

146 (22.7)

72 (1.6)

218 (4.3)

Macrovascular

330 (51.2)

200 (4.6)

530 (10.5)

Microvascular

81 (12.6)

38 (0.9)

119 (2.4)

Metabolic disorders

15 (2.3)

15 (0.3)

30 (0.6)

Overweight/obesity related

127 (19.7)

84 (1.9)

211 (4.2)

Other

31 (4.8)

38 (0.9)

69 (1.4)

CVD

400 (62.1)

2,691 (61.27)

3,091 (61.4)

CKD

125 (19.4)

263 (5.9)

388 (7.7)

  1. “With admission” includes GP, DC and hospital data, “without admission” includes GP and DC data only
  2. a2073 coded as “Unknown”, b with the 2073 “Unkown” removed