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. 2020 Oct 25;17(21):7801. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217801

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in 2016.

Characteristics Acupuncture Group (N = 6865) Non-Acupuncture Group (N = 30,853)
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