Table 5.

Average Annual Treatment Costs in US $ by DM Patient Complications in the UAE during 2004 (Weighted, N = 150)

Patient Characteristics		N	%	Average (Mean) $ Cost	Std. Deviation
No DM related Complications	Yes	47	31%	1,605	1,206
On insulin	Yes	59	39.5%	7,086	6,739
	No	90	60.5%	3,760	4,696
On oral hypoglycemic agents	Yes	98	65.7%	4,262	5,043
	No	51	34.2%	7,079	6,975
DM Eye related complications	Yes	76	51%	6,445	6,590
	No	57	38.2%	3,298	4,057
	Don't know	14	9.4%	5,957	6,601
Heart attack	Yes	46	30.8%	5,557	8,230
	No	103	69.2%	3,258	2,955
High cholesterol	Yes	77	51.6%	6,532	6,786
	No	60	40.2%	3,680	4,260
	Don't know	11	7.4%	3,681	4,105
Hypertension	Yes	83	55.7%	6,210	6,432
	No	66	44.3%	3,807	4,748
Stroke	Yes	7	15.2%	7,261	5,073
	No	39	84.8%	6,454	7,368
Foot or leg ulcer or sore not healed for more than a month	Yes	53	35%	5,776	5,038
	No	97	65%	4,887	6,308