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. 2022 Oct 12;12(10):e063046. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063046

Table 2.

Cohort demographics for people included in SCI-diabetes any time between 2006 and 2020 by diabetes type

Type 1 Type 2 Other Total diabetes population
Total included 41 814 (8.8) 416 291 (88.1) 14 543 (3.1) 472 648
Sex (female) 18 608 (44.5) 185 265 (44.5) 6346 (43.6) 210 219 (44.5)
Age (years) 47.1 (30.3, 61.5) 71.3 (61.2, 79.9) 64.0 (52.2, 74.7) 69.8 (58.7, 79.0)
Age at diabetes diagnosis (years) 22.0 (11.5, 36.7) 60.0 (50.6, 69.0) 56.9 (44.1, 67.9) 58.4 (47.6, 68.1)
Diabetes duration (years) 18.5 (8.4, 30.0) 9.2 (4.6, 15.0) 5.3 (1.9, 10.8) 9.6 (4.6, 15.8)
Follow-up (years since 2006) 13.5 (6.5, 14.8) 8.1 (4.2, 12.8) 5.4 (2.3, 10.3) 8.3 (4.2, 13.3)
Ethnicity
 White 33 704 (80.6) 301 587 (72.4) 10 172 (69.9) 345 463 (73.1)
 South Asian 426 (1.0) 10 047 (2.4) 262 (1.8) 10 735 (2.3)
 Black 203 (0.5) 1572 (0.4) 60 (0.4) 1835 (0.4)
 Chinese 70 (0.2) 1313 (0.3) 40 (0.3) 1423 (0.3)
 Other 1267 (3.0) 14 222 (3.4) 425 (2.9) 15 914 (3.4)
 Unknown 6144 (14.7) 87 550 (21.0) 3584 (24.6) 97 278 (20.6)
Health Board
 Greater Glasgow & Clyde 8394 (20.1) 89 664 (21.5) 3413 (23.5) 101 471 (21.5)
 Lothian 6627 (15.9) 56 658 (13.6) 2456 (16.9) 65 741 (13.9)
 Lanarkshire 5412 (12.9) 53 801 (12.9) 1873 (12.9) 61 086 (12.9)
 Grampian 4415 (10.6) 40 928 (9.8) 1120 (7.7) 46 463 (9.8)
 Tayside 2944 (7.0) 33 511 (8.1) 1108 (7.6) 37 563 (7.9)
 Ayrshire & Arran 3051 (7.3) 33 662 (8.1) 801 (5.5) 37 514 (7.9)
 Fife 3029 (7.2) 30 562 (7.3) 843 (5.8) 34 434 (7.3)
 Highland 2644 (6.3) 24 877 (6.0) 1229 (8.5) 28 750 (6.1)
 Forth Valley 2392 (5.7) 23 824 (5.7) 625 (4.3) 26 841 (5.7)
 Dumfries & Galloway 1320 (3.2) 13 734 (3.3) 446 (3.1) 15 500 (3.3)
 Borders 943 (2.3) 9722 (2.3) 443 (3.0) 11 108 (2.4)
 Western Isles 285 (0.7) 2054 (0.5) 57 (0.4) 2396 (0.5)
 Orkney 168 (0.4) 1723 (0.4) 55 (0.4) 1946 (0.4)
 Shetland 186 (0.4) 1540 (0.4) 58 (0.4) 1784 (0.4)
Deprivation index
 Quintile 1 (most deprived) 8524 (20.4) 99 606 (23.9) 3598 (24.7) 111 728 (23.6)
 Quintile 2 8392 (20.1) 95 063 (22.8) 3215 (22.1) 106 670 (22.6)
 Quintile 3 7798 (18.6) 83 471 (20.1) 2959 (20.3) 94 228 (19.9)
 Quintile 4 7301 (17.5) 71 981 (17.3) 2486 (17.1) 81 768 (17.3)
 Quintile 5 (least deprived) 6693 (16.0) 56 744 (13.6) 1970 (13.5) 65 407 (13.8)
 Unknown 3106 (7.4) 9426 (2.3) 315 (2.2) 12 847 (2.7)

Categorical values are shown in N (%) and continuous values are median IQR across the cohort in the full period. Number of measures are median IQR across the cohort by year. The follow-up period from 2006 to 2020 includes 14% incident cases of diabetes and 13% who died.

SCI-diabetes, Scottish Care Information-diabetes.