Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the participants.
IQR, interquartile range; HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin
| Variables | Data | BMI <30 (N=246) | BMI ≥30 (N=202) | p-value |
| Age, years, median (IQR) | 58 (14.7) | 58 (15) | 57 (14) | 0.179 |
| Gender, male, n (%) | 218 (48.7%) | 149 (60.6%) | 69 (34.2%) | <0.001 |
| Marital status, married, n (%) | 393 (87.7%) | 216 (87.8%) | 177 (87.6%) | 0.954 |
| Educational status, n (%) | 132 (53.7%) | 119 (58.9%) | 0.265 | |
| Illiterate | 23 (5.1%) | |||
| Literate | 9 (2.0%) | |||
| Primary School | 219 (48.9%) | |||
| Middle School | 55 (12.3%) | 114 (46.3%) | 83 (41.1%) | |
| High School | 92 (20.5%) | |||
| University | 50 (11.2%) | |||
| BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR) | 29.3 (6.9) | |||
| Waist circumference, cm, median (IQR) | 100 (16) | 94.5 (12) | 109 (15) | <0.001 |
| Presence of disease, n (%) | 252 (56.3%) | 138 (56.1) | 114 (56.4) | 0.943 |
| Duration of diabetes, years, median (IQR) | 10 (10) | 10 (10) | 10 (9) | 0.636 |
| HbA1c, % , median (IQR) | 8.5 (4.0) | 8.1 (3.9) | 8.9 (4.0) | 0.195 |