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. 2021 Jan 28;9(1):e001646. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001646

Table 1.

Sample characteristics stratified by sex

Whole group Women Men P value
n (%) 1237 630 (51) 607 (49)
Demographics
 Age (years), mean (SD) 67.8 (6.6) 67.6 (6.5) 68.0 (6.7) 0.23
 Race/Ethnicity, n (%)
  White 1052 (85) 533 (85) 519 (86)
  Hispanic 97 (8) 59 (9) 38 (6)
  Asian 20 (2) 10 (2) 10 (2)
  African-American 21 (2) 10 (2) 11 (2)
  Other 47 (4) 18 (3) 29 (5) 0.22
 College degree, n (%) 755 (61) 366 (58) 389 (64) 0.03
 Annual household income (US$)
  0–59 999 364 (29) 214 (36) 150 (26)
  60 000–99 000 364 (29) 192 (32) 172 (30)
  100 000–199 000 342 (28) 151 (26) 191 (34)
  >200 000 89 (7) 35 (6) 54 (10) <0.0001
 Health literacy, n (%)
  3rd grade or below 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)
  4th–6th grade 7 (1) 2 (0) 5 (1)
  7th–8th grade 86 (7) 27 (4) 59 (10)
  High school 1143 (92) 600 (95) 543 (89) 0.001
General health
 Every smoked >100 cigarettes, n (%) 538 (43) 262 (42) 276 (46) 0.19
 How often drink alcohol
  Do not drink, n (%) 322 (26) 165 (26) 157 (26)
  At least monthly, n (%) 421 (34) 234 (37) 187 (31)
  At least weekly, n (%) 481 (39) 226 (36) 255 (43) 0.04
 PSQI, mean (SD) 8.0 (2.7) 8.5 (2.8) 7.6 (2.6) <0.0001
 GDS, mean (SD) 2.0 (2.3) 2.2 (2.4) 1.8 (2.1) 0.003
 No diabetes, n (%) 247 (20) 127 (20) 120 (20)
 Type 1 diabetes, n (%) 758 (61) 385 (61) 373 (61)
 Type 2 diabetes, n (%) 232 (19) 118 (19) 114 (19) 0.99
Diabetes characteristics
 Mean age at diabetes onset (years) (SD) 34.4 (18.4) 35.1 (19.0) 33.7 (17.9) 0.23
 Mean diabetes duration (years) (SD) 33.1 (17.8) 32.2 (18.0) 34.1 (17.5) 0.09
 Retinopathy, n (%) 341 (28) 183 (31) 158 (28) 0.30
 Neuropathy, n (%) 374 (30) 191 (31) 183 (32) 0.98
 Nephropathy, n (%) 61 (5) 29 (5) 32 (6) 0.49
 Stroke, n (%) 100 (8) 45 (7) 55 (9) 0.19
 Myocardial infarction, n (%) 126 (10) 54 (9) 72 (12) 0.05
 Severe hypoglycemia n (%) 376 (30) 183 (29) 193 (32) 0.29
 Diabetic ketoacidosis, n (%) 213 (17) 134 (21) 79 (13) 0.0006

Bold signifies p values≤0.05.

GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; PSQI, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index.