Table 2. Comparison of HbA1c groups in terms of demographics .
1 Comparison of three groups with each other; 2Comparison of Groups 1 and 2 (HbA1c ≤7% with HbA1c 7-9%); 3Comparison of Groups 1 and 3 (HbA1c ≤7% with HbA1c >9%); 4Comparison of Groups 2 and 3 (HbA1c 7-9% with HbA1c >9%).
p-values in bold indicate statistical significance.
IQR, interquartile range; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin
| Variables | Group 1 HbA1c ≤7 (N=123) | Group 2 HbA1c 7-9 (N=130) | Group 3 HbA1c >9 (N=195) | p-value1 | p-value2 | p-value3 | p-value4 |
| Age, years, median (IQR) | 58 (13) | 60 (16) | 57 (16) | 0.08 | 0.365 | 0.741 | 0.07 |
| Gender, male, n (%) | 63 (51.2%) | 57 (43.8%) | 98 (50.3%) | 0.423 | 0.471 | 0.985 | 0.494 |
| Marital status, married n (%) | 113 (91.9%) | 116 (89.2%) | 164 (84.1%) | 0.100 | 0.754 | 0.08 | 0.366 |
| Educational status, n (%) | 0.006 | 0.02 | 0.008 | 0.981 | |||
| Primary school and below | 54 (43.9%) | 78 (60.0%) | 119 (61.0%) | ||||
| Secondary school and above | 69 (56.1%) | 52 (40.0%) | 76 (39.0%) | ||||
| BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR) | 29.3 (7.0) | 29.2 (5.9) | 29.6 (7.3) | 0.850 | 0.907 | 0.843 | 0.994 |
| Waist circumference, cm, median (IQR) | 97 (18) | 98 (14) | 101 (14) | 0.01 | 0.733 | 0.01 | 0.101 |
| Presence of disease, n (%) | 75 (61.0) | 79 (60.8) | 98 (50.3) | 0.08 | 0.999 | 0.145 | 0.147 |
| Duration of diabetes, years, median (IQR) | 9 (10) | 10 (9) | 10 (10) | 0.254 | 0.216 | 0.644 | 0.619 |