Research Article
Improving Diabetes Care: A Fijian Diabetes Service Improvement Study
Table 2
Description of patient characteristics. Patient characteristics (
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| Gender | | Male | 36% (41) | Female | 64% (72) |
| Ethnicity | | FID | 88% (99) | ITK | 12% (14) |
| Mean age (in years) | 62.8 | Patient distribution by age | | ≤45 | 4% (4) | 46-56 | 25% (28) | 57-67 | 35% (40) | 68-78 | 32% (36) | 79-89 | 4% (5) |
| Duration of T2DM (in years) | | Mean | 7.5 | Patient distribution by duration of T2DM | | ≤2 | 24% (27) | 3-5 | 18% (20) | 6-9 | 24% (27) | 10-14 | 23% (26) | ≥15 | 11% (13) |
| Patient distribution by: | | First recorded SOPD entry RBS levels | | 4-<8 mmol/L | 13% (14) | 8.1-10 mmol/L | 14% (16) | 10.1–<14 mmol/L | 37% (42) | ≥14 mmol/L | 36% (41) | Last recorded RBS levels at SOPD | | 4- <8 mmol/L | 17% (19) | 8.1-10 mmol/L | 17% (19) | 10.1–< 14 mmol/L | 38% (43) | ≥14 mmol/L | 28% (32) |
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