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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes Complications. 2017 Jan 20;31(4):669–674. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.01.004

Table 3.

Adjusted association between psychological trauma and HbA1c, overall and stratified by level of social support.

N n No trauma Mean (95% CI) Trauma, no symptoms Mean (95% CI) Trauma, with ≥ 1 symptom(s) Mean (95% CI) p-value
HbA1c in 12 months post psychological trauma assessment
Overall 240 81 7.5 (7.0–8.0) 7.0 (6.3–7.6) 8.4 (7.7–9.1) 0.02
Low social support 132 45 7.3 (6.9–7.7) 7.1 (5.8–8.3) 9.0 (8.1–9.8) <0.01
High social support 108 36 7.8 (7.0–8.6) 7.0 (6.3–7.7) 7.2 (6.2–8.2) 0.32
HbA1c in 6 months post psychological trauma assessment
Overall 122 71 7.2 (6.7–7.7) 6.8 (6.2–7.4) 8.4 (7.6–9.2) <0.01
Low social support 65 37 6.9 (6.6–7.3) 6.8 (5.6–7.9) 8.8 (7.9–9.7) <0.01
High social support 57 34 7.4 (6.6–8.2) 6.9 (6.2–7.6) 7.4 (6.1–8.8) 0.50

Adjusted for age, education, number of doctor visits in past 6 months, duration of T2DM at time of HbA1c test; Hb = hemoglobin; N = number of observations; n = number of participants; CI = confidence interval.