Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants
From: The association between quality of life and diabetes: the Bushehr Elderly Health Program
Characteristics | All (N = 2375) | Diabetes | P-Value3 | P-Value4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (N = 819) | No (N = 1556) | |||||
Poorly controlled (N = 466) | Well controlled (N = 353) | |||||
Age, years1 | 69.36 (6.41) | 68.30 (5.33) | 69.20 (6.34) | 69.72 (6.69) |  < 0.001 | 0.027 |
Body mass index, kg/m21 | 27.52 (4.90) | 28.42 (5.09) | 28.66 (4.92) | 26.99 (4.76) |  < 0.001 | 0.487 |
Sex, male (%) | 1146 (48.25) | 212 (45.49) | 147 (41.64) | 787 (50.58) | 0.002 | 0.271 |
Living alone | 119 (5.01) | 23 (4.94) | 18 (5.10) | 78 (5.02) | 0.992 | 0.915 |
Medicare supplement insurance | 1419 (59.75) | 278 (59.66) | 215 (60 .91) | 926 (59.51) | 0.747 | 0.717 |
Hypertension | 1735 (73.05) | 369 (79.18) | 280 (79.32) | 1086 (69.79) |  < 0.001 | 0.962 |
Depression | 329 (13.85) | 76 (16.31) | 57 (16.15) | 196 (12.60) | 0.047 | 0.988 |
Cognitive impairment | 1419 (59.75) | 300 (64.38) | 221 (62.61) | 898 (57.71) | 0.005 | 0.602 |
Physical activity | 543 (22.86) | 98 (21.03) | 61 (17.28) | 384 (24.68) | 0.004 | 0.179 |
Education, years | 5 (0- 9) | 4 (0- 7) | 4 (0- 9) | 5 (0- 9) | 0.023(2) | 0.550 |
Current smoker | 491 (20.67) | 82 (17.60) | 63 (17.85) | 346 (22.24) | 0.010 | 0.926 |
Comorbidity | 1353 (56.97) | 288 (61.80) | 165 (46.74) | 900 (57.84) | 0.237 |  < 0.001 |