Table 3.
knowledge of common preventive measures by demographic factors and family history of diabetes among non-diabetic respondents
| Taking Care of the Diet | Increasing Physical Activity | Avoiding Obesity & overweight | ||||
| % | p | % | p | % | p | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Males | 61.2 | 0.432 | 49.8 | 0.002 | 19.0 | 0.581 |
| Females | 64.4 | 36.8 | 17.2 | |||
| Age group | ||||||
| 20–30 | 67.4 | 0.0001 | 53.4 | 0.0001 | 23.2 | 0.001 |
| 31–50 | 67.4 | 36.4 | 13.9 | |||
| > 50 | 35.9 | 14.1 | 7.7 | |||
| Educational status | ||||||
| Illiterate | 38.4 | 0.0001 | 11.6 | 0.0001 | 8.9 | 0.004 |
| < high school | 61.4 | 33.9 | 15.3 | |||
| High school | 74.3 | 56.3 | 24.6 | |||
| ≥ Some college | 75.8 | 70.5 | 22.1 | |||
| Monthly H. Hold Income | ||||||
| OMR < 300 | 57.3 | 0.034 | 30.3 | 0.0001 | 14.2 | 0.087 |
| 300 – 1000 | 66.9 | 47.2 | 18.2 | |||
| > 1000 | 72.1 | 62.3 | 26.2 | |||
| Family History of Diabetes | ||||||
| Positive History | 66.8 | 0.117 | 46.2 | 0.042 | 19.5 | 0.306 |
| No/Not sure | 59.6 | 37.7 | 16.2 | |||
| Total/combined | 63.1% | 42.3% | 17.9% | |||
p-values for comparisons of knowledge between the groups for each of the preventive measures