Table 1 Demographic and morbidity characteristics of persons in various groups of comorbidities.
All persons N (%) | Persons without comorbidities N (%) | Persons with concordant only comorbidities N (%) | Persons with discordant only comorbidities N (%) | Persons with combined comorbidity (concordant and discordant) N (%) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||
Men | 5052 (52.0) | 266 (48.4) | 930 (57.5) | 148 (60.9) | 3708 (50.7) | < 0.0001 |
Women | 4673 (48.0) | 283 (51.5) | 687 (42.5) | 95 (39.1) | 3608 (49.3) | |
Age at onset of diabetes | ||||||
30–45 | 1529 (15.7) | 176 (32.0) | 426 (26.4) | 106 (43.6) | 821 (11.2) | < 0.0001 |
45–65 | 5165 (53.0) | 201 (36.6) | 1035 (64.0) | 115 (47.3) | 3814 (52.1) | |
65 | 3031 (31.3) | 172 (31.0) | 156 (9.7) | 22 (9.0) | 2681 (36.6) | |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Arabs | 4451 (45.8) | 105 (19.0) | 937 (57.9) | 74 (30.5) | 3335 (45.6) | < 0.0001 |
Jews | 5274 (54.2) | 444 (81.0) | 680 (42.0) | 169 (69.5) | 3981 (54.4) | |
Smoking | ||||||
No | 8892 (91.4) | 510 (92.9) | 1531 (94.7) | 226 (93.0) | 6625 (90.6) | < 0.0001 |
Yes (past and present) | 833 (8.6) | 39 (7.1) | 86 (5.3) | 17 (7.0) | 691 (9.4) | |
Exemption from National Insurance payment | ||||||
No | 7897 (82.4) | 459 (84.5) | 1320 (82.5) | 202 (84.5) | 5916 (82.1) | 0.4155 |
Yes | 1688 (17.6) | 84 (15.5) | 279 (17.5) | 37 (15.5) | 1288 (17.9) | |
Death | ||||||
No | 7940 (81.7) | 545 (99.3) | 1548 (95.7) | 215 (88.5) | 5632 (77.0) | < 0.0001 |
Yes | 1785 (18.3) | 4 (0.7) | 69 (4.3) | 28 (11.5) | 1684 (23.0) | |
Number of comorbidities (mean ± Std) | ||||||
Total | 6.3 ± 3.8 | – | 2.8 ± 1.6 | 2.0 ± 1.3 | 7.3 ± 3.6 | < 0.0001 |
Before diabetes | 3.8 ± 2.5 | – | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 1.5 ± 0.9 | 4.1 ± 2.5 | < 0.0001 |
After diabetes | 3.3 ± 2.4 | – | 1.9 ± 1.2 | 1.5 ± 0.8 | 3.6 ± 2.5 | < 0.0001 |
N total | 9725 | 549 (5.6) | 1617 (16.6) | 243 (2.5) | 7316 (75) | |
