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. 2021 Sep 28;35(12):108053. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2021.108053

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics - demographic characteristics, diabetes outcomes, and psychosocial comorbidities of diabetes by Brazilian regions.

Demographic CW/N/NE (n = 118)
Southeast (n = 273)
South (n = 45)
P-value
%/mean S.D %/mean S.D %/mean S.D
Gender
 Male 11.1 20.1 12.5 0.0511a
 Female 89.9 79.9 87.5
Race 0.0289a
 White 70.9 81.3 85.4
 Not White 29.1 18.7 14.6
Age (years) 29.59 8.00 31.36 9.83 28.07 7.78 0.0404b
Time diag (years) 13.57 9.02 16.60 10.13 12.53 8.62 0.0025b
Education level
 High school or less 23.6 26.4 33.3 0.0831a
 Graduation 40.9 50.0 37.5
 Post-graduation 35.4 23.6 29.2
Marital status
 With partner 29.9 43.4 47.9 0.0183a
 Without partner 70.1 56.6 52.1
Residential área
 Rural 3.9 3.5 4.2 0.9064a
 Urban 92.9 91.7 93.8
 Suburban 3.2 4.9 2.1
Income
 <2BMW 51.2 40.6 52.1 0.2686a
 2-BMW 30.7 37.5 31.3
 >5BMW 18.1 21.9 168.7
HbA1C (%) (*mmol/mol) 8.14, * 65.5 2.07 7.78 * 61.5 1.55 8.41 * 68.4 2.01 0.0819b
T1-DDS total 2.72 0.99 2.38 1.00 2.76 1.13 0.1770b
T1-DDS cut-off point
 No/little 64.6% 70.8% 68.8% 0.4456a
 Moderate/high 35.4% 29.2% 31.2%
DBS total 2.76 0.89 2.57 0.84 2.75 0.79 0.0875b
Overall burnout (single item question)
 No 29.9 30.9 43.8 0.5555a
 Mild 37.8 38.2 31.3
 Moderate 22.8 23.3 14.6
 Severe 9.5 7.6 10.4
PHQ-8 10.81 6.10 10.31 6.54 11.83 6.65 0.2925b
PHQ-8 cut off point
 No/mild 43.3% 50.0% 35.4% 0.1163a
 Moderately severe/severe 56.7% 50.0% 64.6%

BMW = Brazilian minimum wages, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics-IBGE.

Significant differences: age (highest in the southeast); time diagnosis (highest in the southeast); marital status (lower proportion of participants with partners in the CW/N/NE).

a

Descriptive statistics: chi-square test.

b

Descriptive statistics: Kruskal-Wallis test.