Table 1.
Characteristics of older adults with diabetes completing the HRQL questionnaire in the DISTANCE survey (n = 6,317)*
| Age (years) | 67.1 ± 4.7 |
| Female | 3,079 (49) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 1,811 (29) |
| Black | 1,196 (19) |
| Hispanic | 937 (15) |
| Asian | 1,453 (23) |
| Multiracial | 699 (11) |
| Other | 161 (3) |
| Married or partnered | 4,333 (69) |
| Some college education or more | 1,874 (30) |
| Income ≥$100,000 | 699 (11) |
| No smoking history | 3,198 (51) |
| No alcohol history | 1,771 (28) |
| High physical activity | 2,382 (38) |
| Diabetes duration (years) | 11.7 ± 9.6 |
| Type 2 diabetes | 6,088 (96) |
| Self-monitoring of blood glucose | 5,235 (83) |
| Insulin use | 1,397 (22) |
| Obesity | 2,523 (40) |
| Any geriatric syndrome | 2,855 (45) |
| Chronic pain | 2,593 (41) |
| Depression | 464 (7) |
| Fall | 84 (1) |
| Underweight | 36 (1) |
| Urinary incontinence | 97 (2) |
| Any diabetes complication | 1,874 (30) |
| Amputation | 14 (0.2) |
| Blindness | 23 (0.4) |
| CHF | 196 (3) |
| ESRD | 130 (2) |
| Foot ulcer | 271 (4) |
| MI | 135 (2) |
| Peripheral neuropathy | 1,593 (25) |
| Stroke | 40 (1) |
| Hypoglycemia | 42 (1) |
| HRQL | |
| Physical | 45.1 ± 10.4 |
| Mental | 51.0 ± 8.7 |
*Data are reported as mean ± SD or n (%).