Research Article
The Association between Glucose Control and Functional Indices in Older People with Diabetes
Table 1
Characteristics of study population (
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| | 6-minute walk test (meter) quartiles | | ≤387.5 () | >387.5-466 () | >466-534.5 () | >534.5 () |
| Gender N (%) | | | | | | Male | 18 | (47.4) | 16 | (42.1) | 25 | (64.1) | 36 | (94.7) | <0.0001 | Female | 20 | (52.6) | 22 | (57.9) | 14 | (35.9) | 2 | (5.3) | | Age mean ± SD | 73.9 | ±5.7 | 71.1 | ±6.3 | 69.5 | ±6.4 | 68.2 | ±5.6 | 0.0004 | Education (years) mean ± SD | 14.2 | ±2.8 | 15.0 | ±4.1 | 15.3 | ±3.1 | 16.4 | ±2.4 | 0.0069 | Diabetes duration (years) mean ± SD | 22.90 | ±12.19 | 17.20 | ±10.91 | 12.81 | ±8.54 | 16.04 | ±8.48 | 0.0164 | A1C mean ± SD | 7.86 | ±1.28 | 7.83 | ±1.25 | 7.41 | ±1.17 | 7.24 | ±1.20 | 0.0699 | Insulin N (%) | 20 | (54.1) | 14 | (37.8) | 12 | (30.8) | 11 | (28.9) | 0.1002 | Severe hypo N (%) | 8 | (22.2) | 2 | (5.3) | 4 | (10.3) | 1 | (2.6) | 0.0259 | PHQ9 total mean ± SD | 6.63 | ±5.81 | 4.63 | ±3.42 | 3.51 | ±3.24 | 3.39 | ±3.92 | 0.0196 | Prefrail N (%) | 11 | (28.9) | 4 | (10.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | <0.0001 | Frail N (%) | 4 | (10.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.0060 | Physical activity questionnaire total score mean ± SD | 4.52 | ±2.09 | 4.81 | ±1.95 | 5.67 | ±1.73 | 6.68 | ±1.48 | <0.0001 | GRIP strength dominant hand (KG) mean ± SD | 20.2 | ±8.1 | 23.1 | ±7.6 | 28.1 | ±7.3 | 34.9 | ±7.4 | <0.0001 | BERG total score mean ± SD | 46.79 | ±5.89 | 53.00 | ±3.24 | 54.56 | ±2.34 | 55.63 | ±1.05 | <0.0001 | Time FSST mean ± SD | 16.77 | ±6.39 | 11.99 | ±3.27 | 10.75 | ±2.01 | 10.02 | ±1.56 | <0.0001 | 6MWT (meter) mean ± SD | 299.4 | ±78.4 | 432.7 | ±22.2 | 506.6 | ±21.1 | 575.8 | ±31.2 | <0.0001 | 30 sec sit to stand mean ± SD | 8.2 | ±3.2 | 11.6 | ±3.5 | 12.3 | ±2.8 | 14.4 | ±3.8 | <0.0001 | TUG (sec) mean ± SD | 11.50 | ±5.20 | 7.60 | ±1.71 | 7.11 | ±1.68 | 5.89 | ±0.86 | <0.0001 | 10MWT (sec) mean ± SD | 10.28 | ±9.26 | 6.57 | ±1.25 | 5.83 | ±0.93 | 4.93 | ±0.73 | <0.0001 | 10MWT speed (m/sec) mean ± SD | 1.17 | ±0.32 | 1.55 | ±0.30 | 1.76 | ±0.29 | 2.07 | ±0.31 | <0.0001 |
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