Table 1.

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of the study participants (n=280)

Variables	Category	Frequency (%)	Mean±SD	P
Gender	Male	131 (46.8%)	2.13±1	0/451
	Female	149 (53.2%)	2.03±1
Age	18-29	4 (1.4%)	3.58±0.61	0.125
55.80±13.04	30-39	31 (11.1%)	2.23±1
	40-49	62 (22.1%)	1.96±1
	50-59	65 (23.2%)	2.05±1
	60-69	73 (26.1%)	2.09±1.1
	70-79	34 (12.1%)	1.97±1
	>80	11 (3.9%)	2.29±0.60
Marital status	Single	20 ) 7.1%)	2.50±1.2	0.049
	Married	215 (76.8%)	2.11±1
	Divorced	6 (2.1%)	1.51±1.2
	Windowed	3 (13.9%)	1.79±0.94
Educational status	illiterate	94 (33.6%)	1.93±1	0.224
	High school	117 (41.8%)	2.11±1.1
	Diploma	35 (12.5%)	2.14±0.96
	Above diploma	34 (12.1%)	2.36±0.87
Occupation status	Housewife	135 (48.2%)	2.03±1.1	0.046
	worker	49 (17.5%)	1.79±1
	Government employ	24 (8.6%)	2.24±0.73
	Self-employed	36 (12.9%)	2.21±0.98
	Retired	36 (12.9%)	2.43±1
Average monthly income Household income per capita, USD dollars	<1 million	84 (30%)	1.88±1	0.107
	1 at 2 million	111 (39.6%)	2.14±1.2
	>2 million	85 (30.4%)	2.20±0.84
Place of Residence	Urban	266 (95%)	2.04±1	0.000
	Rural	14 (5%)	2.89±1
Type of treatment	diet	62 (22.1%)	1.14±0.85	0.000
	Tablet	160 (57.1%)	2.34±0.99
	Insulin	51 (18.2%)	2.32±0.94
	Tablets and insulin	7 (2.5%)	2.80±1
Duration of diabetes, years	<5	140 (50%)	1.83±1	0.001
	6-10	82 (29.3%)	2.36±1.1
	>10	58 (20.7%)	2.28±0.94
Family history of diabetes	Yes	181 (64.6%)	2.03±0.99	0.316
	No	99 (35.4%)	2.17±1.2
Complication of diabetes	Yes	86 (30.7%)	1.96±0.85	0.165
	No	194 (69.3%)	2.13±1.1
Abdominal obesity	Yes	168 (60%)	2.06±1	0.759
	No	112 (40%)	2.10±1
Smoking status	Yes, smoke	47 (16.8%)	2.61±1	0.001
	Yes, before smoke	21 (.5%)	1.80±1.1
	No	212 (75.7%)	1.99±1

n (%) = Frequency/Percent