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Table 3 Factors associated with poor serum glucose control at time of hospital admission

From: An observational study of socioeconomic and clinical gradients among diabetes patients hospitalized for avoidable causes: evidence of underlying health disparities in China?

 

Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital

Shandong Provincial Hospital

New admissions only†

New admissions only†

All admissions

VARIABLES

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Dependent variable: HbA1c

Demographic

  Patient age

-0.021

-0.019

-0.008

-0.0094

-0.011

-0.014

 

[-0.034 - -0.0073]

[-0.033 - -0.0061]

[-0.024 - 0.0078]

[-0.026 - 0.0072]

[-0.026 - 0.0045]

[-0.03 - 0.002]

  Married

Not included

0.23

Not included

-0.33

Not included

-0.49

  

[-1.91 - -0.82]

    
 

[-0.49 - 0.95]

 

[-1.1 - 0.44]

 

[-1.19 - 0.22]

  Female

-0.37

-0.28

0.21

0.19

0.16

0.13

[-0.74 - 0.012]

[-0.66 - 0.095]

[-0.21 - 0.63]

[-0.23 - 0.62]

[-0.20 - 0.53]

[-0.24 - 0.50]

  Urban

-0.37

-0.4

-0.47

-0.47

-0.39

-0.38

 

[-0.73 - -0.018]

[-0.74 - -0.053]

[-1.23 - 0.30]

[-1.23 - 0.30]

[-1.14 - 0.35]

[-1.13 - 0.36]

  County/town

-0.13

-0.082

Not available

Not available

Not available

Not available

[-0.86 - 0.61]

[-0.83 - 0.67]

    

  < High school

-0.085

-0.14

Not available

Not available

Not available

Not available

[-0.55 - 0.38]

[-0.59 - 0.32]

    

  Unemployed

-0.32

-0.28

0.011

0.014

0.063

0.064

[-0.91 - 0.27]

[-0.86 - 0.30]

[-0.82 - 0.84]

[-0.82 - 0.85]

[-0.74 - 0.87]

[-0.74 - 0.87]

Past treatment

  Oral agents

Not included

-1.26

Not available

Not available

Not available

Not available

  

[-1.71 - -0.81]

    

  Insulin

Not included

-1.37

Not available

Not available

Not available

Not available

 

[-0.49 - 0.95]

 

[-1.1 - 0.44]

 

[-1.19 - 0.22]

Insurance

  Insured

-0.58

-0.59

-1.62

-1.62

-1.74

-1.74

 

[-1.02 - -0.15]

[-1.01 - -0.17]

[-2.62 - -0.62]

[-2.62 - -0.62]

[-2.68 - -0.80]

[-2.68 - -0.80]

  Semi-insured

-0.053

-0.0018

-0.41

-0.41

-0.45

-0.44

[-0.42 - 0.31]

[-0.37 - 0.36]

[-1.20 - 0.37]

[-1.20 - 0.37]

[-1.21 - 0.32]

[-1.20 - 0.32]

Clinical

  Smoker

-0.083

-0.031

0.24

0.23

0.21

0.19

[-0.44 - 0.29]

[-0.39 - 0.33]

[-0.22 - 0.69]

[-0.22 - 0.69]

[-0.26 - 0.68]

[-0.28 - 0.66]

  Duration/months

0.0015

0.0039

-0.0017

-0.0017

-0.0016

-0.0015

[-0.0072 - 0.010]

[-0.0048 - 0.013]

[-0.0041 - 0.00067]

[-0.0042 - 0.00070]

[-0.0038 - 0.00056]

[-0.0037 - 0.00069]

  Family history

Not included

-0.33

Not included

-0.0036

Not included

-0.10

 

[-0.74 - 0.078]

 

[-0.38 - 0.37]

 

[-0.45 - 0.24]

Year fixed effects

Included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Included

Observations

899

898

808

808

910

910

R-squared

0.04

0.08

0.05

0.05

0.06

0.06

  1. 95% confidence intervals in brackets. Coefficients are reported to two significant digits. Ordinary Least Squares Regression.
  2. “New admissions only” means that only the first inpatient observation of each unique patient ID is included the sample.
  3. Data: Inpatient admission for T2D, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (Hangzhou, China) and Shandong Provincial Hospital (Jinan, China) from 2005 to 2008. Patients under 18 are excluded.