Table 1 Baseline characteristics of diabetes patients stratified by trajectory groups
Persist irregular use | Generalized to irregular use | Irregular use to generalized | Persist generalized | Generalized to specialized | Specialized to generalized | Persist specialized | P * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) Male gender (%) | 1044 (26.19) 555 (53.16) | 532 (13.34) 313 (58.95) | 360 (9.03) 205 (56.94) | 1157 (29.02) 565 (48.83) | 351 (8.80) 179 (51.00) | 213 (5.34) 115 (53.99) | 330 (8.28) 166 (50.30) | 0.0686 |
Mean age (years, SD) | 61.11 (16.43) | 64.03 (13.70) | 55.23 (12.60) | 57.48 (11.65) | 55.03 (10.85) | 61.54 (12.24) | 57.56 (10.65) | < 0.0001 |
Age (years, %) | ||||||||
 20–49 | 278 (26.63) | 93 (17.51) | 138 (38.33) | 320 (27.66) | 112 (31.91) | 37 (17.37) | 74 (22.42) | < 0.0001 |
 50–64 | 272 (26.05) | 146 (27.50) | 124 (34.44) | 493 (42.61) | 162 (46.15) | 79 (37.09) | 161 (48.79) | |
 65–74 | 250 (23.95) | 165 (31.07) | 77 (21.39) | 265 (22.90) | 70 (19.94) | 63 (29.58) | 81 (24.55) | |
  > =75 | 244 (23.37) | 127 (23.92) | 21 (5.83) | 79 (6.83) | 7 (1.99) | 34 (15.96) | 14 (4.24) | |
Mean insurance amount (NT$, SD) | 14,623.96 (14,591.62) | 12,966.04 (11,927.05) | 15,523.42 (15,645.09) | 15,010.48 (12,525.98) | 17,004.99 (15,070.60) | 15,534.37 (15,209.53) | 16,269.37 (15,253.73) | 0.0008 |
Socioeconomic status (%) | ||||||||
  < NT$20000 | 393 (37.64) | 214 (40.30) | 167 (46.39) | 553 (47.80) | 183 (52.14) | 91 (42.72) | 156 (47.27) | < 0.0001 |
 NT$20000 ~ NT$39999 | 121 (11.59) | 46 (8.66) | 41 (11.39) | 140 (12.10) | 55 (15.67) | 27 (12.68) | 48 (14.55) | |
 ≧NT$40000 | 64 (6.13) | 19 (3.58) | 28 (7.78) | 48 (4.15) | 32 (9.12) | 21 (9.86) | 27 (8.18) | |
 Union/association members | 242 (23.18) | 144 (27.12) | 67 (18.61) | 287 (24.81) | 45 (12.82) | 41 (19.25) | 51 (15.45) | |
 Local government enrollees | 224 (21.46) | 108 (20.34) | 57 (15.83) | 129 (11.15) | 36 (10.26) | 33 (15.49) | 48 (14.55) | |
Urbanization of residence (%) | ||||||||
 Rural | 119 (11.55) | 71 (13.47) | 30 (8.45) | 151 (13.25) | 27 (7.71) | 18 (8.65) | 18 (5.47) | 0.0041 |
 Sub-urban | 361 (35.05) | 196 (37.19) | 138 (38.87) | 445 (39.04) | 98 (28.00) | 66 (31.73) | 114 (34.65) | |
 Urban | 550 (53.40) | 260 (49.34) | 187 (52.68) | 544 (47.72) | 225 (64.29) | 124 (59.62) | 197 (59.88) | |
 Mean DCSI score (SD) | 0.23 (0.65) | 0.3 (0.69) | 0.15 (0.45) | 0.17 (0.47) | 0.14 (0.44) | 0.39 (0.73) | 0.21 (0.53) | < 0.0001 |
Proportions of subgroups of DCSI (n, %) | ||||||||
 Low severity (DCSI = 0) | 907 (86.88) | 435 (81.77) | 319 (88.61) | 1013 (87.55) | 312 (88.89) | 156 (73.24) | 277 (83.94) | 0.3994 |
 Moderate severity (DCSI = 1) | 45 (4.31) | 44 (8.27) | 28 (7.78) | 98 (8.47) | 30 (8.55) | 33 (15.49) | 37 (11.21) | |
 High severity (DCSI≥2) | 92 (8.81) | 53 (9.96) | 13 (3.61) | 46 (3.98) | 9 (2.56) | 24 (11.27) | 16 (4.85) | |