Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in 2016.
Characteristics | Acupuncture Group (N = 6865) | Non-Acupuncture Group (N = 30,853) | ||||
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Mean | SE | 95%CI | Mean | SE | 95% CI | |
Gender (%) | ||||||
Male | 34.64 | 0.006 | 33.43–35.87 | 40.98 | 0.002 | 40.44–41.53 |
Female | 65.35 | 0.006 | 64.13–66.57 | 59.01 | 0.002 | 58.46–59.56 |
Age (years) | ||||||
Mean | 70.04 | 0.125 | 69.79–70.28 | 67.91 | 0.057 | 67.79–68.02 |
<60 | 9.96 | 0.003 | 9.27–10.69 | 19.29 | 0.002 | 18.85–19.73 |
60–69 | 33.38 | 0.006 | 32.28–34.51 | 38.79 | 0.003 | 38.25–39.34 |
70–79 | 25.53 | 0.005 | 24.51–26.58 | 27.09 | 0.003 | 26.60–27.59 |
≥80 | 31.11 | 0.006 | 30.03–32.22 | 14.81 | 0.002 | 14.42–15.21 |
Residential location (%) | ||||||
Urban | 44.22 | 0.006 | 42.95–45.49 | 34.93 | 0.002 | 34.39–35.46 |
Suburban | 55.77 | 0.006 | 54.50–57.04 | 65.07 | 0.002 | 64.53–65.60 |
Chronic (%) | ||||||
0 | 9.77 | 0.003 | 9.09–10.49 | 20.18 | 0.002 | 19.73–20.63 |
1 | 19.16 | 0.004 | 18.25–20.11 | 29.91 | 0.002 | 29.40–30.42 |
2 | 23.10 | 0.005 | 22.12–24.11 | 23.92 | 0.002 | 23.44–24.40 |
≥3 | 47.95 | 0.006 | 46.77–49.13 | 25.99 | 0.002 | 25.50–26.48 |
Total cost (yuan) | ||||||
Mean | 16,571.99 | 177.64 | 16,223.74–16,920.24 | 10,098.17 | 61.94 | 9976.74–10,219.60 |
≤2000 | 5.07 | 0.002 | 4.57–5.61 | 20.32 | 0.002 | 19.87–20.77 |
2001–7000 | 16.35 | 0.004 | 15.50–17.25 | 31.53 | 0.003 | 31.01–32.05 |
7001–15,000 | 29.30 | 0.005 | 28.24–30.39 | 27.76 | 0.003 | 27.26–28.26 |
≥15,001 | 49.26 | 0.006 | 48.08–50.44 | 20.39 | 0.002 | 19.94–20.84 |
Outpatient visits | ||||||
Number of primary-level hospitals | 39.51 | 0.355 | 38.81–40.21 | 26.63 | 0.135 | 26.36–26.90 |
Number of secondary-level hospitals | 7.43 | 0.138 | 7.16–7.71 | 5.35 | 0.052 | 5.25–5.45 |
Number of tertiary-level hospitals | 8.82 | 0.144 | 8.53–9.10 | 6.50 | 0.056 | 6.39–6.61 |
Inpatient visits | ||||||
Number of primary-level hospitals | 0.012 | 0.002 | 0.01–0.02 | 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.01–0.01 |
Number of secondary-level hospitals | 0.278 | 0.012 | 0.25–0.30 | 0.145 | 0.003 | 0.13–0.15 |
Number of tertiary-level hospitals | 0.271 | 0.010 | 0.25–0.29 | 0.149 | 0.003 | 0.14–1.56 |
Total prescriptions of acupuncture | 3.26 | 0.062 | 3.14–3.38 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.00 |