Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of diabetic respondents in Canada and non-diabetic respondents in Canada and the United Kingdom from whom time trade-off utilities for hypoglycaemia were elicited.
|
Characteristic |
Canadians with diabetes (N = 51) |
Canadians without diabetes (N = 78) |
UK respondents without diabetes (N = 75) |
| Men (%) | 24 (47) | 39 (50) | 31 (41) |
| Age, y-mean (SD) | 55 (12) | 47 (16) | 46 (15) |
| Fully employed (%) | 25 (49) | 33 (42) | 31 (43) |
| Education after age 16 y (%) | 50 (98*) | 70 (100*) | 63 (85*) |
| Married or common-law (%) | 28 (55) | ||
| Mean daily number of injections (SD) | 3.8 (0.9) | ||
| Type 1 diabetes (%) | 25 (49) | ||
| Total insulin dose per day (insulin units) (SD) | 63 (44) | ||
| Last HbA1c-% (SD) | 7.9 (1.3) | ||
| Race: | |||
| White (%) | 41 (80) | ||
| Asian (%) | 10 (20) | ||
| Number of co-morbidities | |||
| 0 (%) | 26 (51) | ||
| 1 (%) | 21 (41) | ||
| 2 (%) | 4 (8) | ||
| Co-morbidities: | |||
| Cancer (%) | 2 (4) | ||
| Cardiovascular (%) | 7 (14) | ||
| Depression (%) | 6 (12) | ||
| Respiratory (%) | 4 (8) | ||
| Renal (%) | 5 (10) | ||
| Other*** (%) | 5 (10) | ||
* % of valid responses
** Other conditions included Hypertension, thyroid condition, pancreatitis, retinopathy