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. 2017 Jul-Sep;4(3):224–232. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_22_17

Table 4.

Categorical predictors of symptoms and function

Predictor x̄ (SD)

Sex HbA1c <7.0 at baseline Cancer Mets Insulin Diabetes <5 years Diabetes <10 years Comorbidity







Female Male Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No 0-1 2-4 ≥5
Total symptom severity
 Baseline 62 (23) 36 (20) 49 (20) 46 (26) 47 (18) 47 (37) 49 (33) 51 (24) 59 (21) 47 (27) 55 (22) 46 (29) 44 (28) 50 (30) 55 (22)
 12 weeks 49 (31) 45 (36) 62 (31) 32 (27) 40 (NA) 40 (30) 50 (35) 46 (33) 39 (32) 51 (33) 43 (36) 50 (30) 50 (36) 17 (5) 56 (30)
Total symptom interference
 Baseline 54 (25) 21 (17) 35 (20) 36 (25) 35 (18) 40 (30) 47 (36) 36 (24) 50 (22) 35 (28) 43 (21) 35 (32) 33 (25) 42 (33) 41 (26)
 12 weeks 39 (34) 27 (23) 41 (24) 24 (32) 17 (NA) 34 (29) 49 (37) 27 (25) 24 (29) 37 (29) 29 (28) 36 (31) 32 (31) 15 (1) 40 (31)
Physical function
 Baseline 28 (7) 32 (4) 30 (6) 31 (6) 32 (4) 29 (7) 28 (7) 30 (6) 28 (7) 31 (6) 29 (6) 31 (6) 30 (5) 30 (7) 29 (7)
 12 weeks 28 (7) 35 (9) 30 (9) 33 (9) 26 (NA) 32 (9) 28 (4) 32 (10) 27 (9) 33 (8) 28 (7) 34 (10) 34 (12) 27 (2) 30 (7)
Mental function
 Baseline 46 (10) 55 (7) 52 (9) 49 (11) 50 (7) 50 (11) 46 (12) 51 (9) 53 (8) 49 (11) 51 (10) 49 (11) 56 (8) 52 (8) 44 (10)
 12 weeks 50 (12) 53 (8) 52 (8) 51 (13) 50 (NA) 52 (11) 44 (14) 54 (8) 56 (7) 49 (11) 53 (7) 49 (13) 55 (9) 58 (7) 45 (10)

Corresponding samples sizes for each grouping are shown in Table 1. NA: SD could not be calculated based on sample size of 1, HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin, SD: Standard deviation