Table 3.

Median and mean diabetes-related clinical measures for First Nations individuals with type 2 diabetes from communities participating in the Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD), stratified by presence or absence of cardiovascular disease diagnosis

Measure	No known cardiovascular disease		Known cardiovascular disease		P∗
	Median (IQR)	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Mean (SD)
Hemoglobin A1c, %	7.1 (6.3, 9.0) n = 919	7.9 (2.6) n = 919	7.2 (6.4, 8.4) n = 293	7.9 (4.7) n = 293	0.37
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	133.0 (122.0, 146.0) n = 961	134.9 (17.5) n = 961	133.0 (120.5,149.0)	136.5 (20.3) n = 315	0.33
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	78.0 (71.0, 84.0) n = 741	77.7 (10.3) n = 741	72.0 (65.0, 80.0)	72.0 (10.3) n = 268	< 0.01
Low-density lipoprotein, mmol/L	2.3 (1.7, 3.0) n = 604	2.4 (1.0) n = 604	1.80 (1.5, 2.3)	2.0 (0.8) n = 241	< 0.01

n = indicates total n with data available.

IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.

^∗For 2-tailed t test comparing means.