Table 1

Characteristics of male and female responders.

	Female		Male		Total

	n = 532	Col %	n = 550	Col %	n = 1082	P-value^a
Median (IQR) duration diabetes in years	6 (3–12)		6 (2–12)		6	0.49

Age band (years)
<55	127	23.9	133	24.2	260	0.77
55–64	114	21.4	127	23.1	241
65–74	151	28.4	162	29.5	313
75–84	115	21.6	104	18.9	219
≥85	25	4.7	24	4.4	49

Treatment group
Diet only	111	21.2	123	22.8	234	0.10
Oral medication and diet	252	48.1	273	50.6	525
Insulin and diet	120	22.9	120	22.2	240
Insulin, oral medication and diet	41	7.8	24	4.4	65

Census-related questions
Patient's ethnic group is white	511	96.1	534	97.1	1045	0.34
Patient has use of car or van	304	57.1	424	77.1	728	<0.001
Patient lives alone	178	33.5	84	15.3	262	<0.001
Patient is unemployed	15	2.8	20	3.6	35	0.37

Col % = column percentage.
↵a χ² test for categorical variables and Mann–Whitney U for duration of diabetes, adjusted for clustering by practice.