Table 2.
- Bivariate analysis of nurses with diabetes and general patients with diabetes requiring dialysis.
| Variables | Total | Without Dialysis | With Dialysis | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Total patients | 18601 | 100.00 | 18408 | 98.96 | 193 | 1.04 | |
| Nurses or general patients | 0.005 | ||||||
| General | 16910 | 90.91 | 16723 | 98.89 | 187 | 1.11 | |
| Nurses | 1691 | 9.09 | 1685 | 99.65 | 6 | 0.35 | |
| Age | 0.247 | ||||||
| <25 | 1194 | 6.42 | 1185 | 99.25 | 9 | 0.75 | |
| 25-34 | 3214 | 17.28 | 3191 | 99.28 | 23 | 0.72 | |
| 35-44 | 5568 | 29.93 | 5503 | 98.83 | 65 | 1.17 | |
| 45-54 | 6059 | 32.57 | 5996 | 98.96 | 63 | 1.04 | |
| 55-64 | 1894 | 10.18 | 1870 | 98.73 | 24 | 1.27 | |
| ≥65 | 672 | 3.61 | 663 | 98.66 | 9 | 1.34 | |
| Average age (Mean, Std) | 44.14 | 11.86 | 44.12 | 11.86 | 46.05 | 11.81 | |
| Insured salary(NT$) | <0.001 | ||||||
| ≤17280 | 1829 | 9.83 | 1810 | 98.96 | 19 | 1.04 | |
| 17281~22800 | 4312 | 23.18 | 4258 | 98.75 | 54 | 1.25 | |
| 22801~28800 | 2011 | 10.81 | 1971 | 98.01 | 40 | 1.99 | |
| 28801~36300 | 2015 | 10.83 | 1997 | 99.11 | 18 | 0.89 | |
| 36301~45800 | 4128 | 22.19 | 4088 | 99.03 | 40 | 0.97 | |
| 45801~57800 | 2540 | 13.66 | 2527 | 99.49 | 13 | 0.51 | |
| ≥57801 | 1766 | 9.49 | 1757 | 99.49 | 9 | 0.51 | |
| Urbanization of residence | 0.135 | ||||||
| Level 1 | 6593 | 35.44 | 6537 | 99.15 | 56 | 0.85 | |
| Level 2 & 3 | 9149 | 49.19 | 9043 | 98.84 | 106 | 1.16 | |
| Level 4 & 5 | 2145 | 11.53 | 2125 | 99.07 | 20 | 0.93 | |
| Level 6 & 7 | 714 | 3.84 | 703 | 98.46 | 11 | 1.54 | |
| Other catastrophic illnesses | 0.937 | ||||||
| No | 17708 | 95.20 | 17525 | 98.97 | 183 | 1.03 | |
| Yes | 893 | 4.80 | 883 | 98.88 | 10 | 1.12 | |
| Moderate to severe kidney disease | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 15240 | 81.93 | 15233 | 99.95 | 7 | 0.05 | |
| Yes | 3361 | 18.07 | 3175 | 94.47 | 186 | 5.53 | |
| CCI | <0.001 | ||||||
| ≤3 | 4100 | 22.04 | 4097 | 99.93 | 3 | 0.07 | |
| 4 | 1928 | 10.37 | 1919 | 99.53 | 9 | 0.47 | |
| ≥5 | 12573 | 67.59 | 12392 | 98.56 | 181 | 1.44 | |
| Average CCI (Mean, Std) | 6.53 | 3.59 | 6.51 | 3.58 | 8.71 | 3.23 | |
| DCSI | <0.001 | ||||||
| 0 | 8687 | 46.70 | 8686 | 99.99 | 1 | 0.01 | |
| 1 | 4966 | 26.70 | 4964 | 99.96 | 2 | 0.04 | |
| 2 | 2730 | 14.68 | 2688 | 98.46 | 42 | 1.54 | |
| ≥3 | 2218 | 11.92 | 2070 | 93.33 | 148 | 6.67 | |
| Average DCSI (Mean, Std) | 1.01 | 1.29 | 0.98 | 1.25 | 3.97 | 1.65 | |
CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; DCSI, Diabetes Complications Severity Index.
It’s 32 New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) per US dollar.
Urbanization level of residence area (overall 7 levels; Level 1 was the most urbanized).
The boldface indicated that p values less than 0.05 are considered statistically significant.