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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Age modification of diabetes-related hospitalization among First Nations adults in Alberta, Canada

 

First nations

Non-first nations

p-value

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)

  1. *Comparison by t-test.
  2. † Comparison by chi-square test.
  3. ǂ comorbidities considered included: myocardial infarct, congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, dementia, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lung disease, connective tissue disease, peptic ulcer disease, chronic liver disease, malignancies, and chronic kidney disease.