SIMD scores by attendance
| Attenders | Non-attenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM | N (%) | SIMD | N (%) | SIMD | p Value |
| Type 1 | 1720 (93.3%) | 14.16 (9.78–28.10) | 124 (6.7%) | 14.10 (9.79–23.94) | 0.665 |
| Type 2 | 17 081 (94.8%) | 14.81 (9.87–29.04) | 941 (5.2%) | 15.00 (10.04–30.29) | 0.101 |
SIMD data reported as: ‘median (quartiles)’, with p values from Mann-Whitney tests. ‘Non-attenders’ are those that have never been tested for retinopathy.
DM, diabetes mellitus; SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.