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Table 4 Clinical conditions and health care characteristics

From: Evaluating quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes using electronic health record information in Mexico

Medical history

FMC A

FMC B

FMC C

FMC D

Total

 

n = 7184 %

n = 6671 %

n = 7256 %

n = 4019 %

n = 25130 %

Duration of diabetes

     

<5 years

3.8

2.5

1.6

0.9

2.4

5–10 years

12.3

6.8

5.3

10.3

8.5

11–15 years

11.6

7.3

5.2

7.5

7.9

>15 years

27.5

14.8

10.6

11.1

16.6

Missing data

44.8

68.6

77.3

70.2

64.5

Comorbidity and chronic complications

     

Hypertensive disease

63.3

68.0

59.2

44.5

60.4

Other cardio-vascular disease

11.2

13.2

6.1)

4.2

9.2

Hyperlipidemia

49.2

44.3

40.2

26.1

41.6

Diabetic chronic complications

29.9

29.5

38.1

27.0

31.7

Type of chronic complication

     

Peripheral vascular disease

8.9

6.8

26.8

14.9

14.5

Diabetic nephropathy

14.5

10.4

8.1

8.2

10.6

Diabetic retinopathy

7.0

12.1

6.8

4.4

7.9

Peripheral neuropathy

5.6

6.0

3.6

4.3

4.9

Nutritional status

     

Nutritional status at the end of the year

     

 Under weight (<18.5 kg/m2)

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.3

 Normal weight (BMI18.5- 24.9 kg/m2)

16.4

17.9

14.2

13.5

15.7

 Overweight (BMI 25.0 - 29.9 kg/m2)

35.8

35.4

36.3

36.2

35.9

 Obesity (BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2)

33.9

31.7

35.3

34.2

33.8

 Missing data

13.6

14.5

14.0

15.8

14.3

Health care characteristics

     

Number of visits of the patient to the family doctor, mean (standard deviation)

8.5 (4.4)

9.6 (5.0)

8.7 (4.5)

7.9 (4.1)

8.8 (4.6)

Hypoglycemic prescriptions

     

Number of hypoglycemic prescriptions

     

None

20.5

18.8

14.1

9.9

16.5

1

37.1

40.9

32.3

34.0

36.2

2

38.1

37.2

43.0

46.9

40.7

≥3

4.3

3.1

10.5

9.1

6.5

Type of hypoglycemic drugs

     

Metformin

57.2

62.3

65.3

67.1

37.5

Glibenclamide

51.8

46.9

58.7

61.7

45.9

Acarbose

3.3

3.2

12.5

9.7

7.0

Thiazolidinedione

0.0

0.0

1.5

0.0

0.4

Insulin

14.1

12.4

12.5

17.4

13.7

  1. Source: Family medicine clinics 2009 electronic health record information.