Effectiveness of the introduction of a Chronic Care Model-based program for type 2 diabetes in Belgium

Table 6 Baseline characteristics of the type 2 diabetes populations (2003)

	Intervention region N = 2,425	Control region N = 1,749	P value*
% female population	52.87	55.69	0,071
Mean age (years)	67.54 ± 11.08	67.40 ± 10.73	0,692
% ≥75	28.46	27.73	0,608
% reduced co-payments	32.91	31.62	0,380
% registered with GP	62.39	65.01	0,083
% registered in diabetes centre	5.3	3.9	0.039
% insulin therapy	15.67	15.44	0,838
Mean HbA1c (01/01/2004)	7.55(7.48-7.62)	7.44(7.34-7.53)	0.057
Mean total cholesterol (01/01/2004)	199.07(197.01-201.13)	199.44(197.03-201.90)	0.812
% hospitalisation during the last year	23.71	24.71	0,600

*t-test for continuous variables; Chi-square test (MH Chi-Square) for dichotomous variables

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