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. 2014 Aug 1;17(4):218–223. doi: 10.1089/pop.2013.0099

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics Related to Getting to Goal for HbA1c Among Patients Adherent to Medication Regimen

Characteristic HbA1c≤7% HbA1c>7% P value
Age (years, SD) 63.1 (SD=11.8) 59.8 (SD=11.9) < 0.001
Female (%) 49.8 % 46.5 % 0.003
Coronary artery disease (%) 23.7 % 25.1 % 0.15
Congestive heart failure (%) 10.9 % 11.5 % 0.40
High morbidity (%) 41.1 % 38.5 % 0.01
Race/ethnicity (%)     0.001
 White 4.6 % 3.7 %  
 Japanese 22.9 % 19.6 %  
 Chinese 3.9 % 2.8 %  
 Filipino 8.9 % 8.0 %  
 Native Hawaiian 6.8 % 8.2 %  
 Other Pacific Islanders 0.3 % 0.4 %  
 Mixed race 3.9 % 3.9 %  
 Other race 2.1 % 1.4 %  
 Race missing 46.4 % 51.9 %  
Diabetes duration     < 0.001
 1–2 years 1.9 % 1.2 %  
 3–4 years 21.2 % 13.4 %  
 5–9 years 42.3 % 37.4 %  
 10+ years 34.6 % 48.0 %  

SD, standard deviation.