Table 1.

Characteristics of adults with type 2 diabetes age ≥40 years, NHANES 2009–2014

	Percent (standard error)
	Total (N=1,554)	Age 40–64 Years (n=793)	Age ≥65 Years (n=761)	ANOVA p-value
Age	100.0	55.2 (1.51)	44.8 (1.51)	0.005
Sex, % women	48.8 (1.67)	49.2 (2.28)	48.2 (2.61)	0.778
Race/Ethnicity				<0.001
Non-Hispanic white	61.4 (2.31)	57.1 (2.87)	66.8 (2.49)
Non-Hispanic black	15.8 (1.67)	17.8 (2.07)	13.3 (1.49)
Mexican American	8.6 (1.55)	11.0 (1.88)	5.6 (1.37)
Other Hispanic	5.0 (0.77)	5.5 (0.93)	4.4 (0.82)
Non-Hispanic Other	9.2 (1.27)	8.6 (1.30)	10.0 (1.67)
Education, % high school graduate or higher	73.4 (1.89)	75.7 (2.14)	70.6 (2.30)	0.029
Health Insurance, % yes	90.9 (0.97)	85.1 (1.67)	98.1 (0.63)	<0.001
Current Smoking	14.0 (0.92)	20.6 (1.52)	5.8 (0.84)	<0.001
Duration of Diabetes (years)				<0.001
<5	27.9 (1.42)	34.9 (2.05)	19.3 (1.88)
5–9	23.0 (1.19)	24.6 (1.91)	20.9 (1.44)
10–19	31.2 (1.91)	30.0 (2.48)	32.7 (2.06)
≥20	17.9 (1.18)	10.5 (1.40)	27.1 (1.88)
Comorbidities, ≥1*	60.4 (1.71)	47.5 (2.20)	76.7 (1.73)	<0.001
Disability†	67.4 (2.25)	63.2 (2.95)	72.3 (2.48)	0.006
Multiple Medication Use, % ≥6 medications	56.6 (1.97)	49.0 (2.65)	66.0 (2.04)	<0.001
Depression‡	12.4 (1.18)	16.2 (1.72)	7.8 (1.34)	<0.001

^*Comorbidities include cancer (excluding skin cancer except Melanoma), lung disease (asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema), cardiovascular disease (stroke or CVD), and chronic kidney disease

^†Disability includes work disability, mobility disability, or pain ≥3 days in past month that makes daily activities difficult

^‡Depression defined as a PHQ9 score ≥10