Table 3.
Characteristics of diabetes medical management among Ontarians with diabetes, by household food security status.
| Food secure*† | Food insecure*‡ | |
|---|---|---|
| Tested for A1C | ||
| Yes | 77.5 (74.9–80.1) | 74.8 (66.2–83.5) |
| No | 19.2 (16.7–21.8) | 20.5 (12.7–28.3)§ |
| Tested for A1C (no. times in past 12 months) | ||
| ≤3 | 55.1 (51.6–58.7) | 45.9 (33.5–58.3) |
| ≥4 | 38.4 (35.0–41.8) | 45.3 (32.8–57.8) |
| Urine tested for protein in past 12 months | ||
| Yes | 70.5 (67.6–73.3) | 72.9 (63.7–82.0) |
| No | 25.2 (22.5–27.8) | 25.3 (16.3–34.4)§ |
| Ever had an eye examination with pupils dilated? | ||
| Yes | 70.9 (68.0–73.7) | 68.0 (57.1–78.9) |
| No | 27.0 (24.3–29.8) | 30.5 (19.5–41.5)§ |
| Eye examination with pupils dilated (last time) | ||
| <1 month | 12.5 (10.2–14.9) | 19.3 (7.5–31.0)§ |
| 1 month–<1 year ago | 56.5 (52.9–60.1) | 48.0 (36.2–59.7) |
| 1 year–<2 years | 16.9 (13.8–20.0) | 19.8 (10.8–28.7)§ |
| ≥2 years | 11.0 (8.6–13.5) | 10.3 (3.8–16.9)§ |
| Feet checked by health professional | ||
| Yes | 50.1 (46.8–53.3) | 61.3 (51.5–71.1) |
| No | 49.5 (46.4–52.7) | 38.7 (28.9–48.5) |
| Feet checked by a health professional (no. times in past 12 months) | ||
| ≤3 | 61.0 (56.6–65.4) | 56.3 (41.7–71.0) |
| ≥4 | 37.0 (32.6–41.4) | 42.6 (28.0–57.3)§ |
| No. times feet checked by self, per day | ||
| <1 time/day | 59.8 (56.6–63.0) | 53.4 (42.6–64.2) |
| ≤1 times/day | 38.3 (35.1–41.5) | 42.3 (31.7–52.9) |
| No. times glucose checked per day | ||
| <1 time/day | 47.6 (44.4–50.8) | 39.8 (29.2–50.4) |
| ≤1 times/day∥ | 51.2 (48.0–54.5) | 59.3 (48.8–69.9) |
| ASA (taken in past month) | ||
| Yes | 51.7 (48.3–55.1) | 59.6 (48.9–70.4) |
| No | 48.0 (44.6–51.4) | 38.0 (27.5–48.5) |
| Cholesterol medication (taken in past month)∥ | ||
| Yes | 53.8 (50.3–57.2) | 49.9 (39.4–60.4) |
| No | 45.5 (42.0–48.9) | 50.1 (39.6–60.6) |
Data are proportions (95% CI).
*Survey expansion weights were used with the CCHS 3.1 data to produce proportion estimates and population numbers representative at the population level. In this table, the proportions apply to the weighted population number reported at the top of the column. These analyses were performed on 2,523 individuals with diabetes in Ontario, aged ≥12 years, who had no missing data for household food security status.
†Weighted total food-secure population, n = 426,500.
‡Weighted total food-insecure population, n = 43,200.
§This estimate is considered to be of marginal quality because of the high sampling variability associated with it.
∥Asked of respondents aged ≥35 years. ASA, acetylsalicylic acid.