Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 979 Brazilian patients with type 1 diabetes, Brazil

Characteristicsn (%)
Sociodemographics
Age (years)
 18–29296 (30.2)
 30–49412 (42.1)
 ≥50271 (27.7)
Sex female625 (63.8)
Race/skin colour
 White488 (49.8)
 Mixed286 (29.2)
 Black122 (12.5)
 Other83 (8.5)
Education*
 At least some college154 (15.8)
 Secondary/high school424 (43.4)
 Primary school or less398 (40.8)
Brazilian region
 South-east611 (62.4)
 North-east174 (17.8)
 South104 (10.6)
 Centre-west90 (9.2)
Clinical
Type of service for medical care in the last year
 Public884 (90.3)
 Private95 (9.7)
BMI (kg/m2)†
 <25.0502 (52.5)
 ≥25.0455 (47.5)
Clinical complications
Hypoglycaemic episodes in the last year497 (50.8)
Ketoacidosis hospitalisation in the last year248 (25.3)
Reported complications
 Retinopathy427 (43.6)
 Neuropathy‡381 (39.2)
 Nephropathy207 (21.1)
 Angina§129 (13.2)
 Vasculopathy§125 (12.8)
Laboratory
HbA1c (%)
 <7.0102 (10.4)
 7.0–8.9366 (37.4)
 9.0–10.9287 (29.3)
 >11.0224 (22.9)
  • *Data available for 976 patients.

  • †Data available for 957 patients.

  • ‡Data available for 973 patients.

  • §Data available for 977 patients.

  • BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin.