Table 1.
Patient demographic characteristics
|
Characteristics |
HbA1c ≤ 8.0% |
HbA1c > 8% |
Total |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
(n = 513) |
(n = 175) |
(n = 688)* |
|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
226 (44.2) |
76 (43.4) |
302 (44.0) |
0.854 |
| Female |
285 (55.8) |
99 (56.6) |
384 (56.0) |
|
|
Age, mean (standard deviation), year |
65. 0 (11.4) |
58.3 (10.1) |
62.2 (11.1) |
<0.001 |
|
Age group |
|
|
|
|
| <60 years |
156 (30.7) |
90 (51.4) |
246 (36.0) |
<0.001 |
| 60-69 years |
187 (36.8) |
49 (28.0) |
236 (34.6) |
|
| ≥ 70 years |
165 (32.5) |
36 (20.6) |
201 (29.4) |
|
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
| Chinese |
390 (76.0) |
114 (65.1) |
504 (73.3) |
0.023 |
| Malay |
55 (10.7) |
27 (15.4) |
82 (11.9) |
|
| Indian |
51 (9.9) |
29 (16.6) |
80 (11.6) |
|
| Others |
17 (3.3) |
5 (2.9) |
22 (3.2) |
|
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
| Married |
455 (88.7) |
137 (78.3) |
592 (86.1) |
0.002 |
| Single |
35 (6.8) |
20 (11.4) |
55 (8.0) |
|
| Others | 23 (4.5) | 18 (10.3) | 41 (6.0) |
P-value from Chi-square test; deviation from the grand total is due to missing data.