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. 2012 Oct 9;68(4):513–521. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbs085

Table 4.

Demographics and Biomarkers by Normal/Controlled versus Uncontrolled Hypertension and Diabetes (n = 289)

Disease uncontrolled 1. Neither disease uncontrolled 2. HTN only uncontrolled 3. DM only uncontrolled 4. Both diseases uncontrolled F/χ2 df p Value
Demographics
   Percent subjects, % 65.4 21.4 9.0 4.2
   Percent female, % 49.2 58.1 34.6 25.0 7.0   3 .074
   Age, years 72.4 72.1 69.7 71.5 1.1 3, 285 .36
   Education, years 15.3a 14.4ab 15.2a 14.0b 4.2 3, 278 .007
Biomarkers
   Systolic blood pressure, mmHg 121.0a 145.3b 125.8a 144.3b 66.3 3, 284 <.001
   Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg 66.5a 74.2b 69.9ab 66.9a 10.6 3, 284 <.001
   Glucose, mg/dL 96.4a 95.7a 138.3b 166.2c 102.4 3, 284 <.001
   Glycosylated hemoglobin, % 5.6a 5.6a 6.6b 7.6c 24.5 3, 282 <.001
   Insulin, µIU/mL 8.0a 8.7a 13.1b 7.7a 3.4 3, 211    .02

Note. Within each row, means with the same superscript (e.g. “a”) were not significantly different from each other (p > .05) by Duncan’s multiple range test. HTN = hypertension, DM = diabetes mellitus, χ2 = chi-square test, df = degrees of freedom.