Table 2.
Comorbidities and association with HbA1c
| Mean ± SD or n (%) |
Association with HbA1c1) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | P-value | ||
| Number of comorbidities |
2.66 ± 1.6 |
-0.041 |
0.459 a) |
| ≥1 comorbidity (n, %) |
304 (93.3) |
|
0.297 b) |
| 0 comorbidities (n, %) |
22 (6.7) |
|
|
| 1 comorbidity (n, %) |
59 (18.1) |
|
|
| 2 comorbidities (n, %) |
73 (22.4) |
|
|
| 3 comorbidities (n, %) |
86 (26.4) |
|
|
| ≥4 comorbidities (n, %) |
86 (26.4) |
|
|
| Hypertension (n, %) |
231 (71.3) |
|
0.049 b), 4c) |
| Hyperlipidemia (n, %) |
208 (66.7) |
|
0.097 b), 4d) |
| Adipositas (n, %)2) |
173 (53.1) |
|
0.057 b), 4e) |
| Obese class I (30 – 34.9) (n, %) |
111 (34.1) |
|
|
| Obese class II (35 – 39.9) (n, %) |
42 (12.9) |
|
|
| Obese class III (≥ 40) (n, %) |
20 (6.1) |
|
|
| Coronary heart disease (n, %) |
66 (20.4) |
|
0.350 b) |
| Depression (n, %) |
38 (11.7) |
|
0.855 b) |
| Asthma / COPD (n, %) |
32 (9.8) |
|
0.460 b) |
| Myocardial infarction (n, %)3) |
30 (9.3) |
|
0.530 b) |
| Heart failure (n, %) |
22 (6.8) |
|
0.823 b) |
| Stroke (n, %)3) |
17 (5.2) |
|
0.747 b) |
| Cancer (n, %)3) | 13 (4.2) | 0.570 b) | |
1) a) Associations HbA1c with continuous variables by Pearson correlations, b) between HbA1c and categorical variables by t-tests.
2) BMI ≥ 30.
3) Present or history of.
4) HbA1c (%) mean per category of significant t-test and ANOVA results (p < 0.010): c) Hypertension: yes = 7.6, no = 8.0; d) Hyperlipidemia: yes = 7.6, no = 7.8; e) Adipositas: yes = 7.8, no = 7.6.