Table 1. Characteristics of the study sample.
| Distribution by care plan | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | IC | DC | Other | ||||||
| Subgroup | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | P^ |
| N | 29776 | 9851 | 15364 | 4561 | |||||
| Sex (N;%) | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Females | 13400 | 45.0 | 4434 | 45.0 | 6679 | 43.5 | 2287 | 50.1 | |
| Males | 16376 | 55.0 | 5417 | 55.0 | 8685 | 56.5 | 2274 | 49.9 | |
| Age (N;%) | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| <60 yr | 6781 | 22.8 | 1847 | 18.7 | 3961 | 25.8 | 973 | 21.3 | |
| 60–69 yr | 7627 | 25.6 | 2736 | 27.8 | 3913 | 25.5 | 978 | 21.4 | |
| 70–79 yr | 8623 | 29.0 | 3166 | 32.1 | 4190 | 27.3 | 1267 | 27.8 | |
| 80+ yr | 6745 | 22.7 | 2102 | 21.3 | 3300 | 21.5 | 1343 | 29.4 | |
| District of residence (N;%) | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Mountain | 2197 | 7.4 | 705 | 7.2 | 1166 | 7.6 | 326 | 7.1 | |
| Eastern plain | 3250 | 10.9 | 1737 | 17.6 | 1262 | 8.2 | 251 | 5.5 | |
| Northern plain | 4530 | 15.2 | 1794 | 18.2 | 2237 | 14.6 | 499 | 10.9 | |
| Western hills | 3770 | 12.7 | 1125 | 11.4 | 2003 | 13.0 | 642 | 14.1 | |
| Capital | 11773 | 39.5 | 2918 | 29.6 | 6868 | 44.7 | 1987 | 43.6 | |
| Eastern hills | 4286 | 14.4 | 1572 | 16.0 | 1858 | 12.1 | 856 | 18.8 | |
| Time since diagnosis (N;%) | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| <5 yr | 8986 | 30.2 | 2993 | 30.4 | 3517 | 22.9 | 2476 | 54.3 | |
| 5–9 yr | 10594 | 35.6 | 4239 | 43.0 | 4624 | 30.1 | 1731 | 38.0 | |
| 10+ | 10196 | 34.2 | 2619 | 26.6 | 7223 | 47.0 | 354 | 7.8 | |
| Citizenship (N;%) | |||||||||
| Italians | 27561 | 92.6 | 9406 | 95.5 | 13968 | 90.9 | 4187 | 91.8 | <0.0001 |
| Foreigners | 2215 | 7.4 | 445 | 4.5 | 1396 | 9.1 | 374 | 8.2 | |
Current distribution of type 2 diabetes status by care plan (2015).
IC = integrated care plan; DC = diabetes clinic care plan; other = neither IC nor DC
^ p-value of the difference among care plans