Characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | T2DM | T1DM | Other health conditions | No health conditions | Total |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 1624 (52.6) | 530 (41.4) | 92 (35.5) | 54 (46.2) | 2287 (48.2) |
| Female | 1446 (46.9) | 746 (58.3) | 165 (63.7) | 62 (53.0) | 2435 (51.3) |
| Prefer not to say | 15 (0.5) | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.9) | 21 (0.4) |
| Age | |||||
| 18–24 | 0 (0) | 23 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 23 (0.5) |
| 25–34 | 12 (0.4) | 83 (6.5) | 4 (1.5) | 4 (4.4) | 104 (2.2) |
| 35–44 | 91 (2.9) | 181 (14.1) | 12 (4.6) | 11 (12.2) | 298 (6.3) |
| 45–54 | 446 (14.4) | 323 (25.2) | 46 (17.6) | 17 (18.8) | 839 (17.6) |
| 55–64 | 1020 (33.0) | 404 (31.5) | 80 (30.7) | 34 (37.8) | 1550 (32.6) |
| 65–74 | 1193 (38.6) | 227 (17.7) | 91 (34.9) | 19 (21.1) | 1533 (32.2) |
| 75 or older | 331 (10.7) | 42 (3.3) | 28 (10.7) | 5 (5.6) | 410 (8.6) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Indian/Pakistani | 45 (1.5) | 12 (0.9) | 4 (1.5) | 5 (5.6) | 69 (1.5) |
| Black/British African/Caribbean | 31 (1.0) | 6 (0.5) | 6 (2.3) | 2 (2.2) | 46 (1) |
| Middle Eastern | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.1) |
| Mixed groups | 17 (0.6) | 6 (0.5) | 3 (1.2) | 1 (1.1) | 27 (0.6) |
| White | 2890 (93.6) | 1212 (94.8) | 236 (90.8) | 75 (83.3) | 4434 (93.4) |
| Other | 24 (0.8) | 12 (0.9) | 4 (1.5) | 1 (1.1) | 44 (0.9) |
| Chinese/Japanese/East Asian | 4 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (0.1) |
| I’d prefer not to say | 73 (2.4) | 27 (2.1) | 6 (2.3) | 5 (5.6) | 113 (2.4) |
| Employment | |||||
| Full time | 655 (20.9) | 457 (35.0) | 58 (21.9) | 28 (30.8) | 1205 (25.6) |
| Part-time | 314 (10.0) | 201 (15.4) | 32 (12.1) | 22 (24.2) | 571 (12.1) |
| Retired | 1728 (55.1) | 387 (29.6) | 136 (51.3) | 31 (34.1) | 2298 (48.7) |
| Student | 12 (0.4) | 22 (1.7) | 4 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 39 (0.8) |
| Unemployed | 271 (8.6) | 158 (12.1) | 26 (9.8) | 5 (5.5) | 464 (9.8) |
| Furloughed | 109 (3.5) | 67 (5.1) | 6 (2.3) | 4 (4.4) | 188 (4) |
| Volunteering in my community (National Health Service (NHS), key services) | 45 (1.4) | 14 (1.1) | 3 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 69 (1.5) |
| Number of comorbidities among respondents | |||||
| 0 | 414 (13.4) | 355 (27.6) | 101 (38.7) | 91 (100) | 961 (20.2) |
| 1 | 538 (17.4) | 274 (21.3) | 62 (23.8) | 0 (0) | 881 (18.5) |
| 2 | 603 (19.5) | 224 (17.4) | 39 (14.9) | 0 (0) | 870 (18.3) |
| 3 | 469 (15.1) | 145 (11.3) | 21 (8.0) | 0 (0) | 638 (13.4) |
| 4 | 328 (10.6) | 100 (7.8) | 17 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 446 (9.4) |
| 5 | 267 (8.6) | 73 (5.7) | 11 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 355 (7.5) |
| 6+ | 479 (15.5) | 113 (8.8) | 10 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 613 (12.9) |
T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.