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Table 1 General clinical characteristics

From: Health-related quality of life in type-2 diabetes patients: a cross-sectional study in East China

Characteristics

Participants (n = 5310)

Age (mean, SD)

52.2 ± 13.4

Gender (n,%)

 Male

2321(43.7%)

 Female

2989(56.3)

Marial status (n,%)

 Single

245(4.6%)

 Married

5065(95.4%)

Education (n,%)

 Illiteracy

586(11.0%)

 Primary

1084(20.4%)

 Secondary

1413(26.6%)

 High school

820(15.4%)

 University

1266(23.8%)

 Master

141(2.7%)

GDP per capita (n,%)

 ≥15000dollars

2909(54.8%)

 13,000-15000dollars

1248(23.5%)

 6172-13000dollars

821(15.5%)

 3000-6172dollars

332(6.3%)

Diagnosed diabetes (n,%)

311(5.9%)

 Duration(mean, SD)

5.53(4.21)

Treatment (n,%a)

 Diet control and exercise

95(30.5%)

 Oral hypoglycemic drugs only

179(57.6%)

 Insulin only

25(8.0%)

Oral hypoglycemic drugs + insulin

12(3.9%)

Newly-diagnosed diabetes

296(5.5%)

  1. Treatment %a calculated as the percentage of the particular treatment in diabetes patients