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Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients With Prevalent Diabetes and Matched Nondiabetic Patients

		Nondiabetic Patients Matched for:
Characteristic	Diabetic Patients (n=14,144)	Age and Sex (n=14,144)	Age, Sex, and Visits (n=13,962)
Age, mean (SE), years	61.0 (0.12)	61.0 (0.12)	60.9 (0.12)
Male, %	51.9	51.9	51.7
Number of primary care visits, mean (SE)	6.7 (0.04)	4.5 (0.04)^a	6.4 (0.05)^a
Comorbidity score ≥1, %	15.4	9.9^a	11.6^a
Enrollment ≤19 months, %	24.2	19.5^a	16.6^a
New depression diagnosis, %	7.9	5.5	8.6

SE=standard error.

^aP <.001 relative to the diabetic patients.