Demographic characteristics, COVID-19 symptoms and measures adopted by respondents with diabetes
| All (n=773) | Type 1 (n=535) | Type 2 (n=220) | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Female | 516 (67.1) | 365 (68.6) | 139 (63.5) |
| Male | 249 (32.4) | 165 (31.0) | 78 (35.6) |
| Other | 4 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.9) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 47.9 (14.5) | 44.4 (14.2) | 56.5 (11.4) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| Arab | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese | 3 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.4) |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | 8 (1.0) | 2 (0.4) | 6 (2.7) |
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Black or black British: Caribbean | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.8) |
| Mixed: white and Asian | 5 (0.7) | 3 (0.6) | 2 (0.9) |
| Mixed: white and black African | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mixed: white and black Caribbean | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other ethnic group | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) |
| Other mixed background | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other white background | 31 (4.0) | 26 (4.9) | 5 (2.3) |
| Prefer not to answer | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.5) |
| White: British | 693 (90.1) | 485 (91.2) | 192 (87.7) |
| White: Irish | 16 (2.1) | 9 (1.7) | 5 (2.3) |
| Living circumstances, n (%) | |||
| Living with others | 649 (84.1) | 458 (85.6) | 176 (80.4) |
| Living alone | 123 (15.9) | 77 (14.4) | 43 (19.6) |
| Symptoms of COVID-19; n (%) | |||
| No | 623 (81.0) | 434 (81.8) | 176 (80.0) |
| Yes | 70 (9.1) | 47 (8.9) | 21 (9.5) |
| Diagnosis | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Not sure | 74 (9.6) | 48 (9.0) | 23 (10.5) |
| Physical/social distancing measures taken; n (%) | |||
| Following stringent physical/social/physical distancing | 513 (66.8) | 355 (66.9) | 147 (67.1) |
| Self-isolating at home | 16 (2.1) | 9 (1.7) | 7 (3.3) |
| Shielding group | 59 (7.7) | 37 (7.0) | 19 (8.7) |
| Shielding (but not in shielding group) | 75 (9.8) | 49 (9.2) | 22 (10.0) |
| Key worker/still leaving home to work | 97 (12.6) | 75 (14.1) | 22 (10.1) |
| Other | 4 (5.7) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.5) |
| Don’t know | 4 (0.5) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.5) |