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. 2013 Oct 24;5:57. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-5-57

Table 3.

Baseline patient complications by geographical region

  All China South Asia East Asia North Africa Middle East Latin America Russia
Patients with macrovascular complications, n (%)
17,806 (27.2)
2,342 (21.3)
4,946 (23.3)
2,685 (26.8)
979 (24.2)
4,293 (28.7)
335 (29.4)
2,226 (72.4)
Patients with microvascular complications, n (%)
35,078 (53.5)
5,467 (49.6)
8,293 (39.0)
5,615 (56.0)
2,397 (59.4)
9,847 (65.8)
715 (62.8)
2,744 (89.3)
Renal disease, n (%)
18,271 (27.9)
2,455 (22.3)
4,321 (20.3)
2,845 (28.4)
1,077 (26.7)
6,108 (40.8)
376 (33.0)
1,089 (35.4)
Eye problems, n (%)
17,198 (26.3)
2,430 (22.1)
3,464 (16.3)
2,380 (23.7)
1,354 (33.5)
5,081 (33.9)
368 (32.3)
2,121 (69.0)
Foot ulcer, n (%)
3,538 (5.4)
274 (2.5)
1,046 (4.9)
536 (5.3)
147 (3.6)
1,289 (8.6)
85 (7.5)
161 (5.2)
Neuropathy, n (%) 25,179 (38.4) 3,671 (33.3) 5,234 (24.6) 3,706 (36.9) 1,530 (37.9) 7,995 (53.4) 491 (43.1) 2,552 (83.0)

Note: due to the observational nature of this study, not all baseline data were recorded.