Table 1: Baseline demographic characteristics of enrolled Syrian and Lebanese patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
|
Overall (n=1,010) |
By Region |
P-value for regional comparisona
|
By Population |
P-value for population comparisona
|
| South (n=265) |
Bekaa (n=394) |
GB/ML (n=351) |
Syrian (n=637) |
Lebanese (n=330) |
| Point |
95% CI |
Point |
95% CI |
Point |
95% CI |
Point |
95% CI |
Point |
95% CI |
Point |
95% CI |
| Demographic Characteristics |
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|
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| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Male |
36.0% |
(33.1-39.1%) |
34.7% |
(29.0-40.8%) |
33.5% |
(28.9-38.4%) |
39.9% |
(34.7-45.2%) |
0.169 |
33.0% |
(29.3-36.8%) |
42.1% |
(36.7-47.7%) |
0.005 |
| Female |
64.0% |
(60.9-66.9%) |
65.3% |
(59.2-71.0%) |
66.5% |
(61.6-71.1%) |
60.1% |
(54.8-65.3%) |
|
67.0% |
(63.2-70.7%) |
57.9% |
(52.3-63.3%) |
|
| Age |
Median |
57 |
|
56 |
|
57 |
|
59 |
|
|
56 |
|
60 |
|
|
|
Mean |
58.19 |
(57.56-58.82) |
56.9 |
(55.66-58.13) |
57.66 |
(56.67-58.65) |
59.75 |
(58.66-60.85) |
0.001 |
56.8 |
(56.03-57.56) |
60.51 |
(59.38-61.64) |
<0.001 |
| Highest Level of Education Completed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than Primary |
67.5% |
(64.5-70.3%) |
71.7% |
(65.9-77.0%) |
73.5% |
(68.8-77.8%) |
57.6% |
(52.2-62.8%) |
< 0.001 |
70.9% |
(67.2-74.4%) |
62.3% |
(56.8-67.6%) |
0.002 |
| Primary |
23.0% |
(20.4-25.7%) |
21.9% |
(17.1-27.4%) |
20.2% |
(16.3-24.5%) |
27.1% |
(22.5-32.0%) |
22.3% |
(19.1-25.8%) |
23.7% |
(19.2-28.7%) |
| Secondary |
7.0% |
(5.5-8.8%) |
5.3% |
(2.9-8.7%) |
4.6% |
(2.7-7.2%) |
11.1% |
(8.0-14.9%) |
4.9% |
(3.3-6.8%) |
10.6% |
(7.5-14.5%) |
| University or higher |
2.5% |
(1.6-3.6%) |
1.1% |
(0.2-3.3%) |
1.8% |
(0.7-3.6%) |
4.3% |
(2.4-7.0%) |
1.9% |
(1.0-3.3%) |
3.3% |
(1.7-5.9%) |
| Marital Status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Married |
81.3% |
(78.7-83.6%) |
81.1% |
(75.9-85.7%) |
84.0% |
(80.0-87.5%) |
78.4% |
(73.7-82.5%) |
0.014 |
81.6% |
(78.4-84.6%) |
79.4% |
(74.6-83.6%) |
0.006 |
| Widowed |
14.6% |
(12.4-16.9%) |
14.7% |
(10.7-19.6%) |
12.7% |
(9.6-16.4%) |
16.5% |
(12.8-20.8%) |
15.7% |
(13.0-18.8%) |
13.6% |
(10.1-17.8%) |
| Never Married |
2.8% |
(1.8-4.0%) |
1.9% |
(0.6-4.3%) |
1.5% |
(0.6-3.3%) |
4.8% |
(2.8-7.6%) |
1.4% |
(0.6-2.7%) |
5.2% |
(3.0-8.1%) |
| Divorced |
1.4% |
(0.8-2.3%) |
2.3% |
(0.8-4.9%) |
1.8% |
(0.7-3.6%) |
0.3% |
(0.0-1.6%) |
1.3% |
(0.5-2.5%) |
1.8% |
(0.7-3.9%) |
| Population Group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Syrian Refugee |
63.1% |
(60.0-66.1%) |
68.7% |
(62.7-74.2%) |
71.6% |
(66.8-76.0%) |
49.3% |
(43.9-54.6%) |
< 0.001 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Host Lebanese |
32.7% |
(29.8-35.7%) |
30.2% |
(24.7-36.1%) |
26.7% |
(22.3-31.3%) |
41.3% |
(36.1-46.7%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other |
4.3% |
(3.1-5.7%) |
1.1% |
(0.2-3.3%) |
1.8% |
(0.7-3.6%) |
9.4% |
(6.6-12.9%) |
|
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|
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|
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|
Household Economyb
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Expenditures (past month) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Expenditures |
Median |
619 |
|
567 |
|
529 |
|
734 |
|
|
618 |
|
624 |
|
|
| Mean |
671.5 |
(645.6-697.4) |
651.7 |
(606.8-696.7) |
589.5 |
(552.8-626.2) |
780.7 |
(730.2-831.2) |
< 0.001 |
659.1 |
(628.2-690.1) |
690.0 |
(641.3-738.6) |
0.275 |
| Income (past month) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Income |
Median |
262 |
|
332 |
|
133 |
|
398 |
|
|
232 |
|
332 |
|
|
|
Mean |
326.8 |
(304.2-349.5) |
369.5 |
(322.6-416.4) |
218.2 |
(192.9-243.6) |
415.9 |
(371.8-460.0) |
< 0.001 |
288.2 |
(265.9-310.5) |
385.8 |
(336.4-435.3) |
< 0.001 |
| Economic Coping Strategies (in past 3 months) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sold assets to pay for HH expenses |
13.2% |
(11.2-15.4%) |
13.2% |
(9.4-17.9%) |
11.7% |
(8.7-15.3%) |
14.8% |
(11.3-19.0%) |
0.568 |
17.1% |
(14.3-20.3%) |
6.1% |
(3.7-9.2%) |
< 0.001 |
| Borrowed money to pay for HH expenses |
57.1% |
(54.0-60.2%) |
58.1% |
(51.9-64.1%) |
62.8% |
(57.9-67.6%) |
49.9% |
(44.5-55.2%) |
< 0.001 |
71.5% |
(67.9-75.0%) |
34.5% |
(29.4-39.9%) |
< 0.001 |
| Debt Currently Owed |
Median |
464 |
|
398 |
|
431 |
|
531 |
|
|
398 |
|
663 |
|
|
| Mean |
960.1 |
(836.0-1084.1) |
897.3 |
(646.5-1148.0) |
796.2 |
(635.3-957.1) |
1235.2 |
(981.6-1488.8) |
0.011 |
732.0 |
(631.7-832.2) |
1919.1 |
(1452.6-2385.5) |
< 0.001 |
GB/ML = Greater Beirut/Mount Lebanon; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval
a Independent t-test for continuous variables, Chi-square test for categorical variables
b all financial figures presented in US$