Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of observed type 2 diabetes mellitus-samples
| Variables | Type 2 diabetes mellitus-prevalent patients with complete DMP-documentation (study sample) | Study sample patients which experienced at least one diabetes-related event during the observational period | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 229,042 | 39,589 | ||
| Baseline characteristics (reference period) | ||||
| Mean age in years (SD) | 70.23 | (11.12) | 74.65 | (10.20) |
| Female gender (%) | 125,542 | (54.81%) | 19,989 | (50.49%) |
| Mean number of long-term prescribed medications (SD) (at least two prescriptions per ATC code - 4th level) | 6.10 | (3.44) | 7.87 | (3.76) |
| Mean CCI (SD) | 6.03 | (2.83) | 7.77 | (3.01) |
| Mean adapted CCI without age factor (SD) | 3.65 | (2.30) | 4.97 | (2.67) |
| Mean aDSCI (SD) | 1.92 | (1.85) | 2.98 | (2.09) |
| Number of patients (%) with at least one previous diabetes-related event | 13,967 | (6.10%) | 5,744 | (14.51%) |
| 5 most common comorbidities; Number of patients (%) with | ||||
| Hypertension (ICD-10: I10) | 199,079 | (86.92%) | 35,095 | (88.65%) |
| Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism (ICD-10: E78) | 116,230 | (50.75%) | 20,160 | (50.92%) |
| Disorders of refraction and accommodation (ICD-10: H52) | 103,471 | (45.18%) | 16,831 | (42.51%) |
| Dorsalgia (ICD-10: M54) | 82,932 | (36.21%) | 13,327 | (33.66%) |
| Chronic ischaemic heart disease (ICD-10: I25) | 79,482 | (34.70%) | 20,233 | (51.11%) |
| Treatment-dependent variables (based on 01/01/2011 until 31/12/2012 or date of first event) | ||||
| Mean HbA1C in % (SD) | 7.00 | (1.01) | 7.24 | (1.22) |
| Number of patients (%) with mean HbA1C <6.0% / <42 mmol/mol | 25,445 | (11.11%) | 3923 | (9.91%) |
| Number of patients (%) with mean HbA1C <7.5% / <58 mmol/mol | 172,373 | (75.26%) | 26,219 | (66.23%) |
| Number of patients (%) with mean HbA1C ≥9.0% / ≥75 mmol/mol | 10,308 | (4.50%) | 3406 | (8.60%) |
| Mean BMI (SD) | 30.46 | (5.59) | 30.07 | (5.75) |
| Number of patients (%) with BMI >30 | 110,014 | (48.03%) | 18,003 | (45.47%) |
| Mean systolic blood pressure in mmHg (SD) | 135.56 | (11.48) | 134.33 | (13.37) |
| Number of patients (%) with systolic blood pressure >130 mmHg / >17.3kPa | 151,806 | (66.28%) | 22,789 | (57.56%) |
| Mean diastolic blood pressure in mmHg (SD) | 78.75 | (6.46) | 77.66 | (7.48) |
| Number of patients (%) with diastolic blood pressure >80 mmHg / >10.7kPa | 78,511 | (34.28%) | 10,257 | (25.91%) |
Legend: The table lists sociodemographic characteristics for two different samples: a) type 2 diabetes mellitus-prevalent (2010) patients with complete DMP-documentation (study sample) and b) study sample patients which experienced a diabetes-related event during the observational period.