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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of participants

From: The “cost” of treating to target: cross-sectional analysis of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice

Diabetic characteristics

Mean (SD)

Median

Range

Inter-quartile Range

HbA1c (%)

8.1 (1.3)

7.8

5.3 – 16.0

7.3 – 8.6

Diabetes Duration (years)

10 (7)

10

0 – 44

5 – 14

Systolic BP (mmHg)

138 (18)

138

90 – 221

126 – 149

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

79 (10)

80

53 – 115

72 – 85

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.5 (1.1)

4.4

2.5 – 12.4

3.7 – 5.0

Waist Circumference (cm)

109 (15)

108

68 – 167

99 – 118

BMI (kg/m2)

32.8 (6.5)

31.7

19.8 – 54.5

28.1 – 36.2

Medications (total)

7.5 (4.1)

7

1 – 24

5 – 10

Medications (Cardio-metabolic)

4.2 (2.2)

4

0 – 13

3 – 5

Diabetes complications

Rate

   

Any

34.1% (155/434)

   

Macro

    

AMI

16.8%

CVA

5.5%

PVD

2.5%

Micro

    

Retinopathy

20.7%

Neuropathy

6.6%

Nephropathy

12.4%