Table 3.
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