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. 2013 Sep 2;13:340. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-340

Table 2.

Description of diabetes cohorts

 
Cohort 1a (n=29,058)
Cohort 2 (n=41,925)
  20-44 (n=3,901) 45-64 (n=10,659) 65-74 (n=7,757) 75+ (n=6,741) All 20-44 (n=3,901) 45-64 (n=10,659) 65-74 (n=7,757) 75+ (n=6,741) All
Demographicsb
Age, mean (SD)
36.2 (6.3)
55.5 (5.6)
69.5 (2.8)
80.6 (4.6)
62.5 (15.0)
36.8 (5.8)
55.3 (5.6)
69.6 (2.9)
81.0 (4.8)
62.4 (15.0)
Female
52.1
44.1
46.0
53.5
47.9
52.3
43.9
44.9
54.5
47.8
Urban
58.3
53.0
48.7
46.3
51.0
55.6
53.4
51.1
47.8
51.8
  Missing
<0.1
0.2
0.1
<0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
<0.1
0.1
Income Quintile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Q1 (lowest)
32.7
26.1
25.8
27.1
27.1
32.5
25.7
24.4
25.0
26.1
  Q2
22.0
23.2
23.2
24.7
23.4
23.2
22.1
23.4
23.8
23.0
  Q3
15.4
16.2
17.1
19.1
17.0
14.4
16.4
17.5
19.1
17.0
  Q4
13.5
14.8
15.1
12.8
14.2
13.0
15.1
15.4
14.6
14.8
  Q5 (highest)
15.4
18.2
17.4
15.1
16.9
16.0
19.5
18.0
16.4
17.9
  Missing
0.9
1.5
1.5
1.1
1.3
1.0
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.2
Recent diagnosis
27.5
24.3
21.7
21.3
23.4
16.0
12.6
9.6
8.3
11.3
Outcomes (%)c
AMI
0.5
1.6
2.9
3.3
2.2
0.4
0.9
1.9
3.0
1.6
Stroke
0.3
1.0
2.7
3.7
2.0
0.2
0.7
1.8
2.9
1.4
LEA
0.3
0.8
1.2
1.3
1.0
0.3
0.9
0.9
0.6
0.8
ESRD
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.4
Mortality
0.9
4.0
10.0
22.0
9.4
1.2
3.0
8.4
21.5
8.4
Hosp., any
34.3
43.7
57.6
64.7
51.0
31.7
40.9
55.2
61.8
48.1
Hosp., diabetes
18.6
21.3
26.6
30.2
24.4
14.5
16.8
22.0
24.0
19.5
Comorbidity summary measures, mean (SD)
# diagnoses
6.0 (4.8)
6.2 (4.8)
6.7 (4.7)
7.4 (4.8)
6.6 (4.8)
6.2 (5.7)
6.8 (6.0)
7.9 (6.6)
8.9 (6.8)
7.5 (6.4)
Charlson score
0.4 (0.8)
0.6 (1.2)
0.9 (1.5)
1.2 (1.7)
0.8 (1.4)
0.4 (0.8)
0.6 (1.2)
1.0 (1.7)
1.3 (1.9)
0.8 (1.5)
# drugs
3.1 (3.2)
4.2 (3.5)
5.3 (3.6)
5.9 (3.8)
4.7 (3.7)
3.1 (3.3)
4.5 (3.7)
5.9 (3.8)
6.4 (4.0)
5.1 (3.9)
CDS 2.5 (3.1) 3.9 (3.5) 5.0 (3.6) 5.3 (3.6) 4.3 (3.6) 2.8 (3.4) 4.4 (3.8) 5.6 (3.7) 5.7 (3.7) 4.8 (3.8)

aCohort 1 was defined using administrative data from fiscal years 1996/97 to 1997/98 and Cohort 2 was defined using data from 1996/97 to 2001/02; bNumbers reported are percentages unless otherwise indicated; cOutcomes were defined over a two-year observation period, SD Standard Deviation, Hosp Hospitalization, AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction; LEA Lower Extremity Amputation; ESRD End-Stage Renal Disease, CDS Chronic Disease Score.