Table 3.
Characteristics of registered people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), completers, and noncompleters.
| Variable | Registered people with T2DM | Completers | Noncompleters | P value | ||||
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Mean (SD) or n (%) | N | Mean (SD) or n (%) | N | Mean (SD) or n (%) | N |
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| Age (years) | 57.6 (12.9)a | 749 | 56.7 (13)a | 749 | 56.8 (20.9)a | 749 | .63 | |
| Sex (male) | 316 (53.9) | 586 | 36 (51) | 71 | 280 (54.4) | 515 | .50 | |
| Ethnicity |
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White | 287 (47.4) | 605 | 37 (51) | 72 | 250 (46.9) | 533 | .53 |
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Black | 206 (34.0) | 605 | 24 (33) | 72 | 182 (34.1) | 533 | N/Ab |
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Asian | 67 (11.1) | 605 | 8 (11) | 72 | 59(11.1) | 533 | N/A |
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Mixed | 20 (3.3) | 605 | 2 (3) | 72 | 18 (3.4) | 533 | N/A |
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Other | 17 (2.8) | 605 | 0 (0) | 72 | 17 (3.2) | 533 | N/A |
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Prefer not to say | 8 (1.3) | 605 | 1 (1.4) | 72 | 7 (1.3) | 533 | N/A |
| GCSEc/high school diploma | 181 (30.1) | 602 | 19 (28.4) | 67 | 162 (32.9) | 492 | .45 | |
| Basic or intermediate information technology skills | 406 (71.5) | 568 | 46 (71) | 65 | 360 (71.6) | 503 | .89 | |
| Diabetes duration <1 year | 170 (28.9) | 589 | 32 (45.1) | 71 | 138 (28.5) | 485 | .04 | |
| Offered face-to-face education | 193 (49.0) | 394 | 42 (69) | 61 | 151 (45.3) | 333 | .001 | |
| Attended face-to-face diabetes education | 37 (9.4) | 394 | 11 (18) | 62 | 26 (7.8) | 333 | .002 | |
| Lifestyle alone (ie, diet and physical activity) | 111 (28.2) | 394 | 19 (31) | 62 | 92 (27.7) | 332 | .22 | |
| Tablets and/or insulin | 283 (71.8) | 394 | 43 (69) | 62 | 240 (72.3) | 332 | N/A | |
aRefers to mean (SD).
bN/A: not applicable.
cGCSE: general certificate of secondary education.