Table 2.
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and self-management behaviors of diabetes among unique ethnic minorities in southwest China (n (%)).
| Characteristics | Prevalence | Awareness | Treatment | Control | Self-Management Behaviors of Diabetes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taking Measures to Lower Glucose | Medication Adherence | Monitoring Blood Glucose | |||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 122 (4.6) | 74 (60.7) | 55 (45.1) | 28 (23.0) | 66 (89.2) | 50 (67.6) | 26 (35.1) |
| Female | 140 (4.9) | 93 (66.4) | 71 (50.7) | 37 (26.4) | 86 (92.5) | 65 (69.9) | 35 (37.6) |
| Age, years | |||||||
| 35–44 | 27 (1.5) | 9 (33.3) | 4 (14.8) | 3 (11.1) | 6 (66.7) | 4 (44.4) | 4 (44.4) |
| 45–54 | 68 (4.5) | 38 (55.9) | 33 (48.5) | 14 (20.6) | 37 (97.4) | 30 (78.9) | 19 (50.0) |
| 55–64 | 79 (6.4) | 57 (72.2) | 36 (45.6) | 23 (29.1) | 53 (93.0) | 34 (59.6) | 19 (33.3) |
| ≥65 | 88 (8.5) † | 63 (71.6) † | 53 (60.2) † | 25 (28.4) | 56 (88.9) | 47 (74.6) | 19 (30.2) |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Na Xi | 58 (4.1) | 40 (69.0) | 31 (53.4) | 17 (29.3) | 33 (82.5) | 24 (60.0) | 22 (55.0) |
| Li Su | 32 (2.3) | 24 (75.0) | 12 (37.5) | 8 (25.0) | 22 (91.7) | 10 (41.7) | 3 (12.5) |
| Dai | 116 (8.3) | 78 (67.2) | 65 (56.0) | 33 (28.4) | 75 (96.2) | 64 (82.1) | 31 (39.7) |
| Jing Po | 56 (4.1) † | 25 (44.6) * | 18 (32.1) * | 7 (12.5) | 22 (88.0) | 17 (68.0) * | 5 (20.0) * |
| Total | 262 (4.7) | 167 (63.7) | 126 (48.1) | 65 (24.8) | 152 (91.0) | 115 (68.9) | 61 (36.5) |
Notes: Categorical variables were presented as numbers or percentages and analyzed using the chi-square test or the chi-square test for trends. * Denotes p < 0.05 for the difference in multiple comparisons between the four categories of age and ethnicity. † Denotes p < 0.001 for the difference in multiple comparisons between the four categories of age and ethnicity.