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. 2017 Jun 19;14(6):655. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14060655

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population with diabetes in the development dataset; a comparison of factors between non-diabetic and diabetic individuals.

Classification Non-Diabetes Diabetes Total p
Age (n, Mean Age ± SE) 17,040 49.1 ± 0.2 2263 59.4 ± 0.3 19,303 50.2 ± 0.2 <0.0001
Gender <0.0001
Women 8667 50.9 972 43.0 9639 49.9
Men 8373 49.1 1291 57.0 9664 50.1
Marital Status <0.0001
Married 14,127 82.9 1741 76.9 15,868 82.2
Single 2092 12.3 482 21.3 2574 13.3
not available 821 4.8 40 1.8 861 4.5
Educational Level <0.0001
Elementary school 3384 19.9 795 35.1 4179 21.6
Middle school 2268 13.3 434 19.2 2702 14.1
High school 4591 26.9 547 24.2 5138 26.6
College 6797 39.9 487 21.5 7284 37.7
Job Status <0.0001
Employed 10,462 61.5 1048 46.3 11,510 59.6
Unemployed 6578 38.6 1215 53.7 7793 40.4
Residential Location 0.0039
Urban 13,116 77.0 1680 74.2 14,796 76.7
Rural 3924 23.0 583 25.8 4507 23.3
Household Income Status <0.0001
1 (Lowest) 3294 19.3 786 34.7 4080 21.1
2 4380 25.8 591 26.2 4971 25.8
3 4656 27.3 464 20.5 5120 26.5
4 (Highest) 4710 27.6 422 18.6 5132 26.6
Health Insurance Type <0.0001
NHI 16,577 97.3 2124 93.9 18,701 96.9
Medical Aid 463 2.7 139 6.1 602 3.1
Hypertension <0.0001
No 11,937 70.1 899 39.7 12,836 66.5
Yes 5103 29.9 1364 60.3 6467 33.5
Dyslipidemia <0.0001
No 9554 56.1 702 31.0 10,256 53.1
Yes 7483 43.9 1561 69.0 9047 46.9
Monthly Alcohol Intake <0.0001
No 7692 45.1 1218 53.8 8910 46.2
Yes 9348 43.9 1045 46.2 10,393 53.8
Moderate Physical Activity 0.3847
No 15,494 90.9 2045 90.4 17,539 90.9
Yes 1546 9.1 218 9.6 1764 9.1
Smoking Status <0.0001
ETS-unexposed nonsmoker 5347 31.4 644 28.5 5991 31.1
ETS-exposed nonsmoker 2934 17.2 294 13.0 3228 16.7
Current smoker 8759 51.4 1325 58.5 10,084 52.2

ETS: environmental tobacco smoke; NHI: National Health Insurance; SE: standard error.