Table 1.

Baseline characteristics among diabetic patients aged ≥35 years

Characteristics	Chinese	South Asian	White	P value
n	17,754	15,066	244,017
Age at diagnosis
Age (years)	59.7 ± 12.8	56.5 ± 12.3	61.3 ± 13.1	<0.001
35–49 years	4,390 (24.7)	4,753 (31.6)	50,082 (20.5)	<0.001
50–64 years	6,680 (37.6)	6,307 (41.9)	94,788 (38.8)
65–79 years	5,507 (31.0)	3,424 (22.7)	76,717 (31.4)
≥80 years	1,177 (6.6)	582 (3.9)	22,430 (9.2)
Female sex	8,458 (47.6)	6,672 (44.3)	110,142 (45.1)	<0.001
Province: British Columbia	14,084 (79.3)	9,529 (63.3)	143,630 (58.9)	<0.001
Socioeconomic quintile
First quintile (low)	4,370 (24.6)	3,208 (21.3)	56,915 (23.3)	<0.001
Second quintile	3,908 (22.0)	3,498 (23.2)	49,138 (20.1)
Third quintile	2,990 (16.8)	3,051 (20.3)	46,377 (19.0)
Fourth quintile	2,814 (15.9)	2,730 (18.1)	42,607 (17.5)
Fifth quintile (high)	3,223 (18.2)	2,147 (14.3)	38,196 (15.7)
Unknown	449 (2.5)	432 (2.9)	10,784 (4.4)
Comorbid conditions
Hypertension	7,308 (41.2)	5,612 (37.3)	99,578 (40.8)	<0.001
Myocardial infarction	266 (1.5)	473 (3.1)	10,152 (4.2)	<0.001
Congestive heart failure	444 (2.5)	498 (3.3)	14,578 (6.0)	<0.001
Peripheral vascular disease	245 (1.4)	155 (1.0)	6,234 (2.6)	<0.001
Cerebrovascular disease	447 (2.5)	358 (2.4)	9,318 (3.8)	<0.001
Dementia	121 (0.7)	106 (0.7)	4,103 (1.7)	<0.001
Chronic pulmonary disease	1,394 (7.9)	1,794 (11.9)	31,032 (12.7)	<0.001
Renal disease	324 (1.8)	194 (1.3)	5,090 (2.1)	<0.001
Cancer	593 (3.3)	372 (2.5)	14,127 (5.8)	<0.001
Oral hypoglycemic agent*	4,619 (32.8)	3,731 (39.1)	52,590 (36.6)	<0.001
Insulin*	149 (1.1)	130 (1.36)	4,092 (2.85)	<0.001

Data are means ± SD or n (%).

*Medication prescribed within 1 year of diagnosis in British Columbia patients only.