Table 3 Description of the study cohort living in the CMA of Montreal (n = 111,556): patient- and DA-level variables by immigration quintiles

TOTAL study cohort, n (%)

111,556 (100)

19,833 (17.8)

20,838 (18.7)

22,240 (19.9)

23,318 (20.9)

25,327 (22.7)

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Patient-level variables

Average age (SD)

61.3 (13.1)

60.7 (12.9)

60.9 (13.0)

61.8 (13.1)

61.9 (13.3)

61.2 (13.3)

0.184 (<.0001)

Sex, n (%)

 Women

54,305 (48.7)

9,266 (46.7)

9,853 (47.3)

10,847 (48.8)

11,581 (49.7)

12,758 (50.4)

0.039 (<.0001)

 Men

57,251 (51.3)

10,567 (53.3)

10,985 (52.7)

11,393 (51.2)

11,737 (50.3)

12,569 (49.6)

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Incident diabetes cases, n (%)

30,621 (27.4)

5,286 (26.6)

5,742 (27.6)

6,226 (28.0)

6,520 (28.0)

6,847 (27.0)

0.005 (0.3353)

Diabetes with complications, n (%)

10,286 (9.2)

1,740 (8.8)

1,923 (9.2)

2,093 (9.4)

2,213 (9.5)

2,317 (9.2)

0.011 (0.1393)

Hypertension, n (%)

19,267 (17.3)

3,364 (17.0)

3,674 (17.6)

3,958 (17.8)

4,092 (17.6)

4,179 (16.5)

−0.009 (0.1193)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

8,821 (7.9)

19,833 (8.2)

1,795 (8.6)

1,803 (8.1)

1,786 (7.7)

1,801 (7.1)

−0.046 (<.0001)

Dementia, n (%)

1,977 (1.8)

362 (1.8)

401 (1.9)

421 (1.9)

407 (1.8)

386 (1.5)

−0.047 (0.0031)

Chronic pulmonary disease, n (%)

4,153 (3.7)

775 (3.9)

835 (4.0)

882 (4.0)

827 (3.6)

834 (3.3)

−0.049 (<.0001)

Renal disease, n (%)

4,136 (3.7)

828 (4.2)

827 (4.0)

860 (3.9)

779 (3.3)

842 (3.3)

−0.065 (<.0001)

Connective tissue disease or ulcer disease, n (%)

1,308 (1.2)

216 (1.1)

224 (1.1)

262 (1.2)

252 (1.1)

354 (1.4)

0.057 (0.0041)

Liver disease, n (%)

2,433 (2.2)

442 (2.2)

488 (2.3)

495 (2.2)

500 (2.1)

508 (2.0)

−0.031 (0.0300)

Tumor (incl. leukemia, lymphoma, metastatic tumor), n (%)

5,510 (4.9)

1,009 (5.1)

1,065 (5.1)

1,172 (5.3)

1,112 (4.8)

1,152 (4.6)

−0.032 (0.0012)

Neighbourhood (DA)-level variables

Living in the urban core, n (%)

96,862 (86.8)

12,889 (65.0)

17,046 (81.8)

20,501 (92,2)

22,146 (95.0)

24,280 (95.9)

0.722 (<.0001)

Average material deprivation score (SD)

0.52 (1.82)

0.33 (1.66)

0.06 (1.78)

0.08 (1.84)

0.41 (1.75)

1.51 (1.60)

0.290 (<.0001)

Average social deprivation score (SD)

0.33 (1.89)

0.04 (2.04)

0.23 (2.08)

0.48 (2.03)

0.45 (1.86)

0.42 (1.44)

0.093 (<.0001)