The Association between Glucose Control and Functional Indices in Older People with Diabetes

Table 1

Characteristics of study population ().

	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