Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Health-Related Characteristics for Sample
| Total | No Diabetes | Diabetes | |||||
| Characteristic | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Sample | n | 619 | (100%) | 426 | (68.8%) | 193 | (31.2%) |
| Age in yrs * | mean (sd) | 78.32 | (5.20) | 78.80 | (5.46) | 77.26 | (4.40) |
| BMI in kg/m2 † | mean (sd) | 28.10 | (5.42) | 27.70 | (5.16) | 29.04 | (5.89) |
| Education in yrs | mean (sd) | 5.15 | (3.82) | 5.11 | (3.73) | 5.25 | (4.00) |
| Sex | Women | 369 | (59.6%) | 249 | (58.5%) | 120 | (62.2%) |
| Married | Yes | 316 | (51.1%) | 209 | (49.1%) | 107 | (55.4%) |
| Financial Strain | High | 476 | (77.8%) | 321 | (76.1%) | 155 | (81.6%) |
| Heart Attack | Yes | 29 | (4.7%) | 20 | (4.7%) | 9 | (4.7%) |
| Stroke | Yes | 23 | (3.7%) | 13 | (3.1%) | 10 | (5.2%) |
| Hypertension * | Yes | 336 | (54.6%) | 203 | (48.0%) | 133 | (69.3%) |
| Vision | Poor | 80 | (12.9%) | 52 | (12.2%) | 28 | (14.5%) |
| Ever Smoked | Yes | 267 | (43.1%) | 189 | (44.4%) | 78 | (40.4%) |
* = p < .001, † = p < .01: independent t-test and chi-square analyses for unadjusted comparisons between diabetes and no diabetes groups.
Responses missing for financial strain (n = 7), heart attack (n = 4), stroke (n = 3), and hypertension (n = 4).