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. 2008 Sep;2(5):785–791. doi: 10.1177/193229680800200506

Table 1.

Demographics

Demographics Falk Clinic (n = 122) General Internal Medicine (n = 247) Community (n = 337)
Gender

  • Male

 60 (51%) 122 (49%) 132 (39%)

  • Female

 62 (49%) 125 (51%) 205 (61%)
Mean age in years 51 57 61
Race

  • Caucasian

 89 (73%) 132 (53%) 265 (78%)

  • African American

 28 (23%) 102 (41%) 64 (19%)

  • Asian

 1 (1%) 2 (1%) 3 (1%)

  • Hispanic

 3 (2%) — 3 (1%)

  • Multiracial

 1 (1%) 1 (1%) —

  • Other/unknown

 — 10 (4%) 2 (1%)
Diabetes

  • Type 1

 44 (36%) 18 (7%) 21 (6%)

  • Type 2

 78 (64%) 229 (93%) 316 (94%
Mean duration in years 13 10 8
Mean hemoglobin percentage A1c 7.4 7.3 7.2
Mean time in minutes 18.1 11.4 12.0
Last eye examination

  • Less than 1 month

 3 (2%) 4 (2%) 15 (5%)

  • 1–3 months

 5 (4%) 24 (10%) 25 (7%)

  • 3–6 months

 19 (16%) 28 (11%) 32 (10%)

  • 6–12 months

 41 (34%) 73 (29%) 71 (21%)

  • Greater than 12 months

 51 (42%) 111 (45%) 173 (51%)

  • Never

 3 (2%) 4 (2%) 18 (5%)

  • Unknown

 — 3 (1%) 3 (1%)