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Table 2 Demographic, clinical and laboratory data stratified according to S-TOFHLA

From: Health literacy and glycemic control in patients with diabetes: a tertiary care center study in Brazil

S-TOFHLA

Variables

Literate

Illiterate

p-value

T1D

 

N = 119 (82.6%)

N = 25 (17.4%)

 

 Age, years

36.5 ± 12.3

42.2 ± 12.1

0.04 

 Gender, F, n (%)

70 (86.4)

11 (13.6)

0.17

 Duration of diabetes, years

18.3 ± 10.2

19.0 ± 10.0

0.70

 Self-reported color-race, n (%)

0.80

 White

61 (83.6)

12 (16.4)

 

 Non Whitea

58 (81.7)

13 (18.3)

 

 Years of study

13.1 ± 2.8

9.3 ± 2.9

< 0.001

 HbA1c (%)

8.9 ± 1.9

9.3 ± 1.6

0.30

 HbA1c (mmol/mol)

73.8 ± 21.7

77.9 ± 17.5

 

T2Db

 

N = 87 (42.9)

N = 107 (52.7)

 

 Age, years

55.9 ± 10.6

62.2 ± 9.6

< 0.001

 Gender, F, n (%)

59 (46.5)

68 (53.5)

0.30

 Duration of diabetes, years

11.8 ± 7.5

16.5 ± 9.7

< 0.001

 Self-reported color-race, n (%)

< 0.001

 White

41 (56.2)

32 (43.8)

 

 Non White

46 (38.0)

75 (62)

 

 Years of study

10.9 ± 3.9

7.1 ± 3.7

< 0.001

 HbA1c

8.3 ± 1.9

8.0 ± 1.7

0.15

 HbA1c (mmol/mol)

67.7 ± 20.8

63.6 ± 18.7

 
  1. T1D type 1 diabetes, T2D type 2 diabetes
  2. aNon-White (Mulattos and Blacks)
  3. bFive patients were excluded from S-TOFHLA for inadequate visual acuity and four patients missed their appointment