Table 1 Characteristics of older adults with diabetes by diabetes self-management education

Prescribed Diabetes Pill

0.2449

 Yes

86.18

88.05

 No

13.82

11.95

Blood Sugar/Glucose Testing

 < 0.0001

 Yes

90.7

78.96

 No

9.30

21.04

Diabetes Sore Check

 < 0.0001

 Yes

88.25

73.39

 No

11.75

26.61

Age

 < 0.0001

 65–74

55.12

47.91

 75–84

38.30

38.49

 85 + 

6.58

13.61

Gender

0.5603

 Male

47.58

48.88

 Female

52.42

51.12

Race

0.0249

 Non-Hispanic white

79.17

73.88

 Non-Hispanic black

8.92

11.67

 Hispanic

5.90

8.65

 Other

6.02

5.80

Education

 < 0.0001

 Less than high school

15.73

35.75

 High school graduate

29.80

27.24

 Some college

28.10

19.06

 College graduate

26.36

17.95

Marital status

0.0003

 Married

60.53

51.40

 Widowed

25.32

34.05

 Single

14.15

14.55

Income

 < 0.0001

 < $25,000 per year

38.08

53.77

 ≥ $25,000 per year

61.92

46.23

Residence

0.1488

 Non-metropolitan

25.39

29.35

 Metropolitan

74.61

70.65

Census region

0.1200

 Northeast

15.92

19.87

 Midwest

25.73

22.19

 South

41.76

43.67

 West

16.59

14.27

CCI

0.1359

 0

81.60

79.98

 1

7.69

10.42

 2

8.29

7.52

 3 + 

2.42

2.08