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Table 2 Prevalence of diabetes associated comorbidities in long-duration T2DM patients divided by number of factors that stand for unhealthy lifestyle

From: Unhealthy lifestyle associated with increased risk of macro- and micro-vascular comorbidities in patients with long-duration type 2 diabetes: results from the Taiwan Diabetes Registry

 

0 factor

1 factor

≥ 2 factors

p-value

(n = 488)

(n = 536)

(n = 164)

DM associated comorbidities

Cardiovascular disease % (n)

7.6% (37)

7.8% (42)

16.5% (27)

0.001**

Cerebrovascular disease % (n)

2.0% (10)

3.0% (16)

4.3% (7)

0.307

PAOD % (n)

3.1% (15)

4.7% (25)

8.5% (14)

0.014*

Polyneuropathy % (n)

12.3% (60)

15.1% (81)

15.2% (25)

0.379

Retinopathy % (n)

19.7% (96)

24.6% (132)

19.5% (32)

0.117

Nephropathy % (n)

36.1% (176)

34.1% (183)

45.1% (74)

0.037*

  1. Number of factors standing for unhealthy lifestyle: scoring by sleep duration, sit duration and frequency of meals and night snack. Categorical variables were analyzed using the Chi-square test and are presented as percentages (number)
  2. PAOD, Peripheral arterial occlusion disease
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; the bold values refer to variables with p < 0.05