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. 2019 May 2;11:34. doi: 10.1186/s13098-019-0428-8

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic data of the baseline population

ESF UBS Tertiary health care P
(N = 148) (N = 148) (N = 192)
Sex (% female) 95 (64.2a) 93 (62.8b) 92 (47.9b) 0.003
Skin color (% white) 133 (89.9) 139 (93.9) 167 (87.0) 0.11
Age (years)1 68.5a ± 10.4 68.0a ± 10.6 63.5b ± 10.2 < 0.001
Education (% complete secondary school)2 53 (37.6a) 13 (46.4a) 39 (22.2b) 0.002
Occupation (% active) 30 (22.4a) 11 (45.8b) 65 (38.7b) 0.004
HbA1c  %2 7.60a ± 1.7 7.9a ± 1.8 8.6b ± 2.0 < 0.001
Hypertension, n (%)2 127 (85.8ab) 117 (79.1b) 178 (92.7a) 0.001
Dyslipidemia, n (%) 102 (68.9) 96 (64.9) 140 (72.9) 0.28
Depression, n (%) 30 (20.3) 26 (17.6) 36 (18.8) 0.84
Diabetes complications, n (%)2 25 (16.9a) 19 (12.8a) 110 (57.3b) < 0.001
Statin, n (%) 102 (68.9) 87 (58.8) 134 (69.8) 0.08
Metformin, n (%) 127 (85.8a) 128 (86.5a) 144 (75.0b) 0.009
NPH insulin, n (%) 31 (20.9a) 25 (16.9a) 128 (66.7b) < 0.001
Regular insulin, n (%) 2 (1.4a) 3 (2.0a) 50 (26.0b) < 0.001

Data are shown as n (%) or mean and standard deviation

ESF Estratégia de Saúde da Família (Family Health Strategy), UBS Unidade Básica de Saúde (Basic Health Care Unit)

1—a,b,cRepresent statistically different means

2—a,b,cRepresent statistically different proportions