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. 2023 Nov 17;102(46):e35988. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000035988

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and diabetes profiles of Egyptian diabetics.

Variable Class Population, n (%)
Gender (%) Male 235 (34.6)
Female 444 (65.4)
Age (median [IQR]) 52.00 [43.00, 60.00]
 Diabetes duration 10 years or less 484 (71.3)
more than 10 years 195 (28.7)
 Insulin therapy No 385 (56.7)
Yes 294 (43.3)
 Others (%) No 321 (47.3)
Yes 358 (52.7)
Complications
 Peripheral painful neuropathy (%) Not present 230 (33.9)
Present 449 (66.1)
 Neuropathy (%) Not present 537 (79.1)
Present 142 (20.9)
 Retinopathy (%) Not present 452 (66.6)
Present 227 (33.4)
 Ever experienced footulcer (%) Not present 555 (81.7)
Present 124 (18.3)
 Sexual dysfunction (%) Not present 640 (94.3)
Present 39 (5.7)
 Diabetes complications present (%) Complicated 579 (85.3)
Not complicated 100 (14.7)
 Number of complications (%) 2 or more 270 (39.8)
<2 409 (60.2)
Other parameters
 Reason for being in the hospital Coma or spasm (%) 51 (7.5)
Foot ulcer as a cause for hospitalization (%) 42 (6.2)
High blood sugar (%) 393 (57.9)
Regular follow-up (%) 193 (28.4)
 Presence of Co-morbid hypertension Not present 329 (48.5)
Present 350 (51.5)
Hypertension duration in years (median [IQR]) 7.00 [4.00, 11.00]
 Anxiety class (%) Abnormal 259 (38.1)
Normal or borderline 420 (61.9)
 Depression class (%) Abnormal 232 (34.2)
Normal or borderline 447 (65.8)
 Regular follow-up (%) Not present 486 (71.6)
Present 193 (28.4)