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Table 1 Clinical Profiles at time of referral by income quintile

From: Clinical and medication profiles stratified by household income in patients referred for diabetes care

 

Income Quintile

1 (low)

2

3

4

5 (high)

p -for trend*

Clinical Characteristic

Median (IQR)

Age (in years)

56.95 (22.9)

56.52 (21.48)

56.95 (19.94)

55.24 (19.44)

55.27 (18.5)

0.032

BMI

29.6 (8.6)

29.8 (8.3)

29 (7.9)

29.5 (8.2)

28 (7.2)

<0.0005

Duration of Diabetes (in years)

4 (9)

3 (8)

3 (10)

3 (9)

3 (7)

0.98

LDL-c (mmol/L)

3.01 (1.26)

2.97 (1.1)

3.02 (1.22)

2.97 (1.23)

2.99 (1.26)

**

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.12 (0.41)

1.1 (0.36)

1.09 (0.37)

1.1 (0.36)

1.15 (0.35)

**

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

2.40 (1.88)

2.29 (1.99)

2.41 (2.0)

2.32 (1.76)

2.12 (1.61)

**

HBA1C (%)

8.9 (3.7)

8.9 (3.7)

8.9 (3.5)

8.9 (3.7)

8.4 (3.3)

**

Microalbumin: Creatinine

2.3 (9)

1.95 (7.7)

2.4 (7.1)

1.6 (5.9)

1.5 (5)

**

  1. *results of univariate analyses for trend when income could be modeled as a single, ordinally-coded variable
  2. **these variables did not have a simple linear relationship with income (results of regression models where income quintiles are modeled as dummy variables are displayed in Table 3).
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