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. 2020 Dec 23;5(4):e20888. doi: 10.2196/20888

Table 1.

Participant demographics and characteristics.

Characteristic Total sample (N=3263) Stress, no behavioral health diagnosis/treatment (n=868) Stress, with behavioral health diagnosis/treatment (n=940) No stress, with behavioral health diagnosis/treatment (n=538) No stress, no behavioral health diagnosis/treatment (n=917) P valuea
Age, years (SD) 51.1 (10.0) 50.6 (10.3) 51.2 (9.8) 51.6 (9.5) 51.0 (10.3) .28
Gender, n (%) .35
Male 1,602 (49.1) 393 (45.3) 376 (40.0) 264 (49.1) 569 (62.1)
Female 1,661 (50.9) 475 (54.7) 564 (60.0) 274 (50.9) 348 (37.9)
Ethnicity, n (%) .36
Hispanic 519 (15.9) 156 (18.0) 138 (14.7) 80 (14.9) 145 (15.8)
Non-Hispanic 1,950 (59.8) 492 (56.7) 573 (61.0) 335 (62.3) 550 (60.0)
Unknown 794 (24.3) 220 (25.3) 229 (24.4) 123 (22.9) 222 (24.2)
Race, n (%) <.001
Caucasian 1,683 (51.6) 418 (48.2) 556 (59.1) 308 (57.2) 401 (43.7)
Black/ African American 385 (11.8) 119 (13.7) 87 (9.3) 57 (10.6) 122 (13.3)
Asian/ Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean 208 (6.4) 51 (5.9) 20 (2.1) 28 (5.2) 109 (11.9)
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander 8 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 3 (0.3) 3 (0.6) 0 (0)
American Indian/ Alaskan/ Native 19 (0.6) 2 (0.2) 10 (1.1) 2 (0.4) 5 (0.5)
Latino/ Mexican 1 (0.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.1)
Other 327 (10.0) 115 (13.2) 75 (8.0) 38 (7.1) 99 (10.8)
Unknown 632 (19.4) 161 (18.5) 189 (20.1) 102 (19.0) 180 (19.6)
Annual income, US $, mean (SD) 72,946.87 (25,464.50) 72,164.70 (25,382.00) 71,598.80 (24,102.90) 72,332.60 (24,482.60) 75,429.50 (27,577.40) .008
Education Level, n (%)
High school 922 (28.3) 246 (28.3) 270 (28.7) 155 (28.9) 251 (27.4) .008
Bachelor's degree 584 (17.9) 153 (17.6) 166 (17.7) 95 (17.6) 170 (18.6) .08
Graduate degree 316 (9.7) 82 (9.4) 90 (9.6) 53 (9.8) 91 (9.9) .505
Diabetes mellitus type, n (%) .10
Type 1 421 (12.9) 126 (14.5) 108 (11.5) 53 (9.9) 134 (14.6)
Type 2 2,835 (86.9) 740 (85.3) 830 (88.3) 484 (90.0) 781 (85.2)
Unknown 7 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 2 (0.2)
Duration of illness, years, mean (SD) 8.4 (8.1) 8.6 (7.8) 9.0 (8.6) 8.3 (7.8) 7.8 (7.9) .009
Insulin use, n (%) <.001
No 2,208 (67.7) 552 (63.6) 622 (66.2) 363 (67.5) 671 (73.2)
Once per day 428 (13.1) 131 (15.1) 113 (12.0) 77 (14.3) 107 (11.7)
Less than once per day 627 (19.2) 185 (21.3) 205 (21.8) 98 (18.2) 139 (15.2)
Blood glucose value over 12 months, mg/dL, mean (SD) 150.1 (44.1) 154.5 (43.9) 152.8 (42.9) 145.7 (43.4) 145.9 (46.1) <.001
Percent time in specified range over 12 months, mean (SD)
Less than 54 mg/dL 1.08 (4.00) 1.06 (3.23) 0.85 (2.89) 1.50 (6.24) 1.09 (4.47) .04
55-70 mg/dL 1.89 (3.86) 1.85 (3.36) 1.79 (3.36) 2.26 (5.47) 1.82 (3.89) .13
71-180 mg/dL 74.1 (25.6) 72.1 (25.9) 72.9 (25.2) 75.5 (25.6) 76.5 (27.0) .001
More than 180 mg/dL 22.9 (25.5) 25.0 (25.5) 24.5 (25.0) 20.7 (24.6) 20.6 (26.4) <.001
DDSb score, mean (SD) 2.38 (1.18) 2.47 (1.21) 2.77 (1.26) 2.18 (1.09) 2.03 (1.13) <.001
DESc score, mean (SD) 3.84 (0.77) 3.84 (0.84) 3.67 (0.74) 3.94 (0.67) 3.94 (0.80) .001
Body mass index, mean (SD) 33.4 (7.4) 33.3 (7.4) 34.7 (7.7) 33.5 (7.7) 32.0 (7.1) <.001

aContinuous variable were compared using analysis of variance; categorical variables were compared using chi-square test.

bDDS: Diabetes Distress Scale.

cDES: Diabetes Empowerment Scale.