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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the population studied according to comorbidities in Colombia 2014-2019

From: The effect of comorbidities on glycemic control among Colombian adults with diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal approach with real-world data

Variablesa

 

Comorbiditiesd

Total (n = 969,531)

DM only

HTN

CKD

Obesity

 

Yes (n = 144,910)

No (n = 824,621)

ASDe (%)

Yes (n = 693,015)

No (n = 276,516)

ASDe (%)

Yes (n = 297,198)

No (n = 672,333)

ASDe (%)

Yes (n = 341,592)

No (n = 627,435)

ASDe (%)

Age (y)

61.4 (13.2)

55.0 (13.0)

62.5 (13.0)

58.5

64.0 (12.4)

55.0 (13.0)

71.5

65.1 (14.0)

60.0 (12.6)

40.1

59.4 (12.7)

62.4 (13.4)

23.0

Female

563,687 (58.1)

70,424 (48.6)

493,263 (60.0)

22.6

420,943 (60.7)

142,744 (51.6)

18.4

420,943 (57.6)

142,744 (59.2)

3.1

346,158 (55.7)

217,094 (63.5)

17.1

Health insurance

 Third payer

734,398 (75.7)

108,856 (75.1)

625,542 (76.0)

3.1

528,788 (76.3)

20,561 (74.3)

5.4

217,168 (73.0)

517,230 (77.0)

9.2

271,457 (79.4)

462,723 (73.7)

13.6

 State

230,448 (23.8)

35,529 (24.5)

194,919 (23.6)

160,578 (23.1)

69,870 (25.2)

78,500 (26.4)

151,948 (22.6)

68,564 (20.0)

161,600 (25.7)

 Special

1946 (0.2)

319 (0.2)

2312 (0.3)

1576 (0.2)

370 (0.1)

486 (0.1)

1460 (0.2)

687 (0.2)

1258 (0.2)

 Exception

2631 (0.2)

202 (0.1)

1744 (0.2)

1988 (0.2)

643 (0.2)

982 (0.3)

1649 (0.2)

853 (0.2)

1777 (0.3)

 Uninsured

108 (0.1)

4 (0.0)

104 (0.01)

85 (0.1)

23 (0.1)

62 (0.2)

46 (0.1)

31 (0.1)

77 (0.1)

Region of residence

 Bogotá, D.C.

196,815 (20.3)

32,666 (22.5)

164,149 (20.0)

17.1

134,398 (19.4)

62,417 (22.5)

16.5

55,182 (18.5)

141,633 (21.0)

20.2

72,354 (21.1)

124,389 (20.0)

8.2

 Caribbean

168,465 (17.4)

29,317 (20.2)

139,148 (17.0)

117,582 (17.0)

50,883 (18.4)

44,985 (15.1)

123,480 (18.3)

53,045 (15.5)

115,317 (18.3)

 Eastern

131,918 (13.6)

21,638 (15.0)

110,280 (13.3)

89,233 (13.0)

42,685 (15.4)

40,145 (13.5)

91,773 (13.6)

48,960 (14.3)

82,882 (13.2)

   Central

286,454 (29.5)

38,127 (26.3)

248,327 (30.1)

215,779 (31.1)

70,675 (25.5)

84,402 (28.4)

202,052 (30.0)

102,160 (30.0)

184,124 (29.3)

   Pacific

178,174 (18.4)

21,415 (14.8)

156,759 (19.0)

131,532 (19.0)

46,642 (17.0)

70,492 (23.7)

107,682 (16.0)

62,450 (18.2)

115,652 (18.4)

   Amazonian

7705 (0.8)

1747 (1.21)

5958 (0.7)

4491 (0.6)

3214 (1.1)

1992 (0.6)

5713 (0.8)

2623 (0.7)

5071 (0.8)

Ethnicityb

 Indigenous

5078 (0.5)

1275 (1.0)

3803 (0.4)

5.6

2883 (0.4)

2195 (0.8)

6.9

1427 (0.5)

3651 (0.5)

16.1

1174 (0.3)

3892 (0.6)

5.3

 Afro descendant

34,514 (3.5)

4608 (3.2)

29,906 (3.6)

22,852 (3.3)

11,662 (4.2)

17,220 (5.8)

17,294 (2.5)

10,765 (3.2)

23,730 (3.8)

 Other

929,939 (96.0)

139,027 (96.0)

790,912 (96.0)

667,280 (96.2)

262,659 (95.0)

278,551 (93.7)

651,388 (97.0)

329,653 (96.5)

599,813 (95.6)

Age at DM diagnosis (y)

59.2 (13.0)

53.2 (13.0)

60.3 (12.7)

55.3

61.7 (12.1)

53.1 (13.0)

68.3

62.2 (13.5)

58.0 (12.4)

33.1

63.5 (17.1)

57.4 (12.3)

22.0

DM duration (y)c

2.76 (1.0-6.0)

1.8 (0.5-4.3)

3.0 (0.9-6.0)

25.5

3.1 (1.0-6.3)

2.0 (0.5-4.3)

37.7

3.2 (1.1-6.6)

2.5 (0.7-5.4)

21.3

2.7 (1.0-5.6)

3.0 (1.0-6.1)

4.3

BMI (kg/m2)c

28.1 (25.3-31.5)

26.0 (24.0-28.0)

28.7 (25.7-32.2)

83.3

28.4 (25.5-32.6)

27.4 (25.1-30.7)

19.6

27.3 (24.5-30.6)

28.5 (25.7-32.3)

25.2

33.1 (31.2-35.7)

26.2 (24.1-28.1)

32.2

HTN diagnosis

693,015 (71.5)

NA

693,015 (84.0)

NA

NA

NA

NA

229,972 (33.1)

67,226 (24.3)

19.2

259,533 (76.0)

433,196 (69.0)

15.5

Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m) c,f

79.1 (21.5)

77.1 (21.2)

NA

NA

75.4 (20.8)

87.3 (20.0)

57.3

70.3 (23.8)

NA

NA

77.3 (24.8)

77.4 (21.5)

12.4

CKD diagnosis

297,198 (30.6)

NA

297,198 (36.0)

NA

229,972 (33.1)

67,226 (24.3)

19.6

NA

NA

NA

86,599 (25.3)

210,361 (33.5)

18.0

CKD stages c

 1

65,644 (22.4)

NA

65,644 (22.3)

NA

38,594 (17.0)

27,050 (41.2)

67.0

65,644 (22.4)

NA

NA

24,404 (28.5)

41,181 (20.0)

21.3

 2

128,930 (43.9)

128,930 (44.0)

100,570 (44.1)

28,360 (43.1)

128,930 (44.0)

35,281 (41.2)

93,544 (45.0)

 3

84,639 (28.9)

84,639 (29.0)

75,879 (33.3)

8760 (13.4)

84,639 (28.8)

22,326 (26.1)

62,263 (30.0)

 4

7522 (2.6)

7522 (2.5)

6907 (3.1)

615 (1.0)

7522 (2.6)

2212 (2.5)

5307 (2.5)

 5

6571 (2.2)

6571 (2.2)

5683 (2.5)

888 (1.3)

6571 (2.2)

1304 (1.5)

5258 (2.5)

Obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) c

341,592 (35.2)

NA

341,592 (41.4)

259,533 (37.4)

82,059 (29.7)

16.4

254,993 (38.4)

86,599 (29.1)

18.6

NA

NA

NA

  1. Abbreviations: DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, CKD chronic kidney disease, BMI body mass index
  2. a Values are absolute values (percentages) for categorical variables. In case of numeric variables, they correspond to mean (SDs) or median (IQRs)
  3. b Other category includes people self-recognized as white, mestizo, gypsy or not classified
  4. c Less than 5% missing values, except for DM duration in which missing data ranged from 14 to 25%
  5. d Differences between groups were evaluated by using X2 and Wilcoxon tests for categorical and numeric data, respectively. All p-values were < 0.001
  6. e Absolute standardized difference (ASD), values > 10% were considered significant
  7. f Glomerular filtration rates reported are from patients with CKD diagnosis