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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes after disability onset: a difference-in-differences analysis using nationwide data

 

Without disability (n = 240,150)

With disability (n = 120,075)

P-value

Age (mean ± SD)

73.32 ± 0.04

73.32 ± 0.03

1.000

Sex

  

1.000

 Male

126,994 (52.88%)

63,497 (52.88%)

 

 Female

113,156 (47.12%)

56,578 (47.12%)

 

Area

  

1.000

 Taipei

36,012 (15.00%)

18,006 (15.00%)

 

 North

65,964 (27.47%)

32,982 (27.47%)

 

 Central

43,036 (17.92%)

21,518 (17.92%)

 

 South

80,306 (33.44%)

40,153 (33.44%)

 

 Kao-Ping, East, and others

14,832 (6.18%)

7416 (6.18%)

 

Income quantile

  

1.000

 Tercile 1

72,734 (30.29%)

36,367 (30.29%)

 

 Tercile 2

99,046 (41.24%)

49,523 (41.24%)

 

 Tercile 3

68,370 (28.47%)

34,185 (28.47%)

 

Low-income status

  

1.000

 Yes

238,444 (99.29%)

119,222 (99.29%)

 

 No

1706 (0.71%)

853 (0.71%)

 
  1. SD Standard deviation