Table 5. Use of Medicines.
Sex | Age in Years | Years Since Diabetes Diagnosis | All | |||||||||
Female | Male | <40 | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70+ | <2 | 3 to 5 | 6 to 10 | >10 | ||
N (DM) | ||||||||||||
N (MCG) | ||||||||||||
Percentage of Persons Taking at Least 1 Medicine | ||||||||||||
DM | 95.57 | 93.31 | 91.57 | 94.22 | 94.24 | 96.10 | 97.17 | 90.15 | 95.08 | 96.85 | 98.26 | 94.78 |
MC | 30.63 | 19.33 | 13.34 | 17.42 | 29.85 | 32.41 | 39.13 | 26.66 | ||||
Diff. | 64.94 | 73.98 | 78.23 | 76.80 | 64.40 | 63.69 | 58.04 | 68.12 | ||||
Ratio | 3.12 | 4.83 | 6.86 | 5.41 | 3.16 | 2.96 | 2.48 | 3.56 | ||||
Mean Number of Medicines Taken, if Taking Any | ||||||||||||
DM | 2.71 | 2.42 | 1.66 | 2.18 | 2.56 | 3.01 | 3.44 | 2.23 | 2.50 | 2.66 | 3.10 | 2.60 |
MC | 1.66 | 1.47 | 1.06 | 1.30 | 1.53 | 1.79 | 1.96 | 1.60 | ||||
Diff. | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.59 | 0.88 | 1.03 | 1.22 | 1.47 | 1.00 | ||||
Ratio | 1.63 | 1.64 | 1.56 | 1.68 | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.75 | 1.62 | ||||
Mean Annual Number of Medicines Taken per Person (among all Study Subjects) | ||||||||||||
DM | 2.61 | 2.28 | 1.52 | 2.07 | 2.44 | 2.92 | 3.36 | 2.02 | 2.40 | 2.59 | 3.06 | 2.49 |
MC | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.81 | 0.44 | ||||
Diff. | 2.07 | 2.00 | 1.37 | 1.83 | 1.99 | 2.31 | 2.55 | 2.05 | ||||
Ratio | 4.88 | 8.18 | 9.73 | 8.62 | 5.46 | 4.79 | 4.13 | 5.61 |
MC means age- and sex-matched comparison subjects. Diff. means DM−MC. Ratio means DM/MC. In this table, medicines are defined to exclude herbs and other traditional medicines. See text for description of statistical significance.