Table 1

Influenza vaccination coverage among patients with diabetes mellitus in the Italian area of Udine, from 1 October to 31 December 2017

Influenza vaccination
NoYesTotP value
N (%)N (%)N
Sex0.33
 Female3458 (47.4)3837 (52.6)7295
 Male4012 (46.6)4593 (53.4)8605
Age category (years)<0.001
 <1873 (93.6)5 (6.4)78
 18–643583 (75.1)1188 (24.9)4771
 65–741696 (41.5)2778 (58.5)4747
 75–841380 (30.4)3153 (69.6)4533
 ≥85465 (26.3)1306 (73.7)1771
HbA1c<0.001
 None in 365 days3175 (56.6)2434 (43.4)5609
 <42 mmol/mol412 (46.7)471 (53.3)883
 42–48 mmol/mol759 (39.5)1161 (60.5)1920
 48–53 mmol/mol749 (40.2)1114 (59.8)1863
 53–64 mmol/mol1396 (40.9)2019 (59.1)3415
 ≥64 mmol/mol979 (44.3)1231 (55.7)2210
Prescribed medications*<0.001
 None in 20172383 (55.6)1904 (44.4)4286
 I786 (45.9)925 (54.1)1711
 M2004 (45.6)2388 (54.4)4392
 O359 (39.9)541 (60.1)900
 IM320 (42.0)442 (58.0)762
 IO90 (36.7)155 (63.3)245
MO1233 (42.5)1666 (57.5)2899
 IMO295 (41.9)409 (58.1)704
Latency from diagnosis<0.001
 ≤1 year948 (59.4)648 (40.6)1596
 >1 and ≤5 years1718 (50.8)1666 (49.2)3384
 >5 and ≤10 years2005 (48.9)2093 (51.1)4098
 >10 years2799 (41.0)4023 (59.0)6822
Total7470 (47.0)8430 (53.0)15 900
  • HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin; I, insulin only; IM, insulin and metformin; IMO, insulin, metformin and other oral antidiabetic medications; IO, insulin and other oral antidiabetic medications; M, metformin only; MO, metformin and other oral antidiabetic medications; O, other oral antidiabetic drugs only.