Table 1.
Patients characteristics (N = 337)
| Mean (SD) or % | |
| Demographic variables | |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 61.6 (10.9) |
| <55, % | 25.2 |
| 55–59.9,% | 14.0 |
| 60–64.9 | 19.3 |
| 65–69.9 | 18.4 |
| 70–74.9 | 10.4 |
| ≥ 75 | 12.8 |
| Gender, % | |
| Male | 50.7 |
| Female | 49.3 |
| Education, % | |
| No formal education | 7.1 |
| Primary and junior high schools | 52.5 |
| Senior high school | 21.4 |
| College | 17.8 |
| Graduate | 1.2 |
| Employment status, % | |
| Yes | 40.4 |
| No | 59.6 |
| Laboratory tests | |
| Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), mg/dL | 150.7 (47.8) |
| 2-hour postprandial plasma glucose (2 h PPG), mg/dL | 204.0 (78.0) |
| Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), % | 7.9 (2.0) |
| Diabetes complications | |
| Retinopathy, % | 16.1 |
| Neuropathy, % | 12.5 |
| Diabetic foot complications, % | 12.5 |
| Cardiovascular complications, % | 14.0 |
| Cerebrovascular complications, % | 5.3 |
| Number of comorbid conditions, mean (SD) | 1.8 (1.2) |
| Duration of DM in years, mean (SD) | 9.2 (6.3) |
| Type of treatment, % | |
| Lifestyle modification alone or lifestyle modification plus oral agent | 87.9 |
| Lifestyle modification plus insulin or lifestyle modification plus oral agent and insulin | 12.1 |
| Type of diabetes†, % | |
| Type-1 (age<30 years old and BMI<23) | 1.2 |
| Type-2 (either age ≥ 30 years old or BMI ≥ 23, or both) | 98.8 |