From: Age modification of diabetes-related hospitalization among First Nations adults in Alberta, Canada
First nations | Non-first nations | p-value | |
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N = 8007 | N = 175,647 | ||
Persons having a hospitalization for diabetes-related ACSC N (%) | 710 (8.9%) | 4450 (2.5%) | <0.001† |
Age, years Mean (SD) | 53.4 (13.9) | 61.6 (15.1) | <0.001* |
Gender, women N (%) | 4585 (57.3) | 82,573 (47.0) | <0.001† |
Multimorbidity | |||
Charlson Comorbidity Indexǂ | |||
0–1, N (%) | 5367 (67.0) | 120,390 (68.5) | 0.004† |
2+, N (%) | 2640 (33.0) | 55,257 (31.5) | |
Hypertension N (%) | 4353 (54.4) | 115,047 (65.5) | <0.001† |
Baseline A1c, % Mean (SD) | 7.85 (2.14) | 7.24 (1.56) | <0.001* |
Duration of diabetes, years | 7.18 (4.44) | 6.63 (4.39) | <0.001* |
Mean (SD) |