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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects aged 25 years or older by diabetes status

From: Diabetes, insulin use and Helicobacter pylori eradication: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

Diabetes mellitus

 

No

Yes

P value

 

n or mean

% or SD

n or mean

% or SD

 

n (%)

511519

85.05

89922

14.95

 

Age (years)

43.98

14.00

58.01

14.95

<0.0001

Sex (men, %)

253626

49.58

39950

44.43

<0.0001

Hypertension (%)

79292

15.50

50549

56.21

<0.0001

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (%)

105693

20.66

36273

40.34

<0.0001

Stroke (%)

24744

4.84

18484

20.56

<0.0001

Nephropathy (%)

24780

4.84

15971

17.76

<0.0001

Ischemic heart disease (%)

40465

7.91

28523

31.72

<0.0001

Peripheral arterial disease (%)

15732

3.08

12683

14.10

<0.0001

Eye disease (%)

1170

0.23

8763

9.75

<0.0001

Obesity (%)

4180

0.82

2410

2.68

<0.0001

Dyslipidemia (%)

51126

9.99

44973

50.01

<0.0001

Statin (%)

19608

3.83

24481

27.22

<0.0001

Fibrate (%)

16084

3.14

19053

21.19

<0.0001

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/ Angiotensin receptor blocker (%)

6904

1.35

6638

7.38

<0.0001

Calcium channel blocker (%)

34889

6.82

18908

21.03

<0.0001

Occupation (%)

     

 I

282985

55.32

35103

39.04

<0.0001

 II

82588

16.15

17037

18.95

 

 III

61580

12.04

19708

21.92

 

 IV

84366

16.49

18074

20.10

 

Living region (%)

     

 Taipei

193494

37.83

31534

35.07

<0.0001

 Northern

74045

14.48

11182

12.44

 

 Central

91087

17.81

15664

17.42

 

 Southern

66785

13.06

14807

16.47

 

 Kao-Ping/Eastern

86108

16.83

16735

18.61

 

Panendoscopic examination in 2005

8211

1.61

2834

3.15

<0.0001

Panendoscopic examination in 1997-2005

37759

7.38

11762

13.08

<0.0001

Diabetic patients only

     

Sulfonylurea (%)

-

-

37211

41.38

 

Metformin (%)

-

-

33106

36.82

 

Insulin (%)

-

-

6010

6.68

 

Acarbose (%)

-

-

6968

7.75

 

Pioglitazone (%)

-

-

2329

2.59

 

Rosiglitazone (%)

-

-

6538

7.27

 
  1. Data are expressed as n (%) or mean (SD). *Occupation categories are explained in “Materials and Methods”.