Table 2.

Weighted percentages of respondents in receipt of ADA guideline recommendations for diabetes-related preventive care by county economic level, 2008—2010*

	Nation				Appalachia
Preventive care	All (%)	Appalachia (%)	Non-Appalachia (%)	p Value	Distressed (%)	At-risk (%)	Transitional (%)	Competitive (%)	p Value
Self-care practices
Daily BG self-check	64.2	65.9	62.9	<0.001	71.2	64.2	66.9	63.9	0.022
Daily foot check	66.1	70.4	62.9	<0.001	72.5	76.4	71.1	69.7	0.025
Annual clinical examinations
≥2 A1c tests past year	64.2	65.2	64.0	0.093	63.4	62.2	65.7	67.8	0.091
Annual foot examination	72.6	72.9	72.3	0.318	68.0	63.7	72.6	77.8	<0.001
Annual eye examination	69.8	69.0	70.3	0.029	59.6	62.5	69.4	73.7	<0.001
Annual doctor visit	88.0	88.8	87.4	0.002	89.2	85.1	88.4	89.9	0.048
Annual influenza vaccination	59.3	58.3	59.6	0.136	52.0	56.8	59.6	59.5	0.143
Once in a lifetime
Self-management education	56.1	54.4	57.4	<0.001	46.0	45.2	54.6	54.6	<0.001
Pneumococcal vaccination	53.7	54.7	53.0	0.004	52.1	52.3	57.9	61.6	<0.001

*Annual influenza vaccination was based on data for 2010 alone.

A1c, glycosylated haemoglobin; BG, blood glucose.