Table 3.
Characteristics of 19442a patients identified in the EMR database between 1 April 2006 - 31 March 2008, stratified by diabetes diagnosis and sex
| Overall | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (unless otherwise indicated) |
General N = 19442a |
DMb N = 2180 |
Non-DM N = 17262 |
DMb N = 1174 |
Non-DM N = 7868 |
DMb N = 1006 |
Non-DM N = 9394 |
| Males | 46.5 | 53.9 | 45.6 | ||||
| Age (Mean) | 42.5 | 45.0 | 42.5 | ||||
| Rurality | 44.0 | 46.1 | 43.7 | 46.4 | 43.3 | 45.7 | 44.1 |
| New Immigrantc | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Income | |||||||
| Quintile 1-low | 9.7 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 9.7 |
| Quintile 5-high | 32.0 | 30.6 | 32.2 | 30.3 | 32.2 | 31.0 | 32.1 |
| Diagnoses | |||||||
| Diabetes on problem list | 8.5 | 75.8 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 0.0 | 78.7 | 0.0 |
| Diabetes complication problem listd | 25.5 | 61.7 | 20.9 | 61.6 | 21.4 | 61.7 | 20.5 |
| Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) | 4.7 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 16.7 | 4.6 | 11.0 | 2.6 |
| Hypertension | 16.5 | 43.0 | 13.2 | 42.2 | 12.3 | 44.0 | 13.9 |
| Family History of Diabetes | 6.8 | 14.2 | 5.9 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 19.2 | 7.2 |
| Visits to Family Physician (Mean) | 8.4 | 11.5 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 7.2 | 12.4 | 8.4 |
| Prescribed Diabetes Medicationse | |||||||
| Insulin Ever | 1.7 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| Metformin Ever | 6.6 | 52.9 | 0.7 | 53.9 | 0. 8 | 51.8 | 0.6 |
| Oral hypoglycemic agents | 4.7 | 40.4 | 0.1 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 38.1 | 0.2 |
aDemographics missing for 1 patient; bDiabetes diagnosis using Definition 1.c.
cNew immigrant - patients not eligible for provincial health insurance (OHIP) as of the study start date used as proxy to determine new immigrant status; dDiabetes related complication including: coronary artery disease, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, dyslipidemia, stroke/transient ischemic attack, erectile dysfunction, cardiovascular disease; eOver a 2 year time period