Table 3.
Quality of diabetes care according to sex.
| Process indicators, % (n) | Males N = 991 |
Females N = 898 |
p | Total N = 1,889 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients in whom HbA1c was measured within previous year. | 93.7 (929) | 94.5 (849) | 0.460 | 94.1 (1,778) |
| Patients in whom blood pressure* was measured within previous year | 82.5 (818) | 80.7 (725) | 0.310 | 81.7 (1,543) |
| Patients tested for albuminuria within previous year. | 65.9 (653) | 63.5 (570) | 0.272 | 64.7 (1,223) |
| Patients receiving evaluation of retinal photography within previous four years. | 84.9 (841) | 84.5 (759) | 0.836 | 84.7 (1,600) |
| Patients receiving foot examination within previous two years. | 85.2 (844) | 85.5 (768) | 0.827 | 85.3 (1,612) |
| Outcome indicators, % (n) | ||||
| Patients with HbA1c <53 mmol/mol (7%) | 57.5 (534) | 68.9 (585) | <0.001 | 62.9 (1,119) |
| Patients with blood pressure < 140/90 mmHg | 73.5 (601) | 83.4 (605) | <0.001 | 78.2 (1,206) |
P-values below 0.05 are in bold..
* Blood pressure is home blood pressure if available, and otherwise office blood pressure.