Disparities in diabetes care: role of the patient's socio-demographic characteristics

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Table 1 Prevalence (%) and process measures performed (%) by gender, SER, immigration, ethnicity and SVHI

Variable	Prevalence	P Value	HbA1C Testing	P Value	LDL Testing	P Value	Optimal F/U	P Value
Gender
Males	8.4		85.0		84.3		23.7
Females	6.2	< 0.001	86.3	< 0.001	85.2	< 0.001	24.7	0.002
SER
1-5	9.0		86.2		84.2		26.5
6-10	8.8		86.2		84.9		24.5
11-15	7.7		85.7		85.2		23.5
16-20	6.2	< 0.001	85.1	< 0.001	84.7	< 0.001	24.9	< 0.001
Ethnicity
Arabs	8.2		86.3		83.5		21.2
Non Arabs	7.1	< 0.001	85.6	0.276	84.8	0.049	24.4	< 0.001
Immigration
Immigrants	10.1		87.5		86.7		24.3
Veterans	6.7	< 0.001	85.0	< 0.001	84.7	< 0.001	24.1	0.580
SVHI
Owners	7.3		86.3		85.3		24.6
Non Owners	6.8	< 0.001	80.8	< 0.001	80.4	< 0.001	20.3	< 0.001

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