Table 1.

Baseline demographics of the study participants

		Intervention	Control group
Variable		group (n = 120)	(n = 120)
Gender	Male	84 (70%)	82 (68.3%)
	Female	36 (30%)	38 (31.7%)
Mean age (years)		48.7 ± 8.2	49.9 ± 8.3
Age group (years)	35–50	74 (61.7%)	70 (58.3%)
	51–65	43 (35.8%)	47 (39.2%)
	>65	3 (2.5%)	3 (2.5%)
Duration of diabetes (years)		6.1 ± 2.9	6.2 ± 2.7
Family history of diabetes	Yes	53 (44.2%)	45 (37.5%)
	No	67 (55.8%)	75 (62.5%)

Values are given as geometric mean (percent of total participants of intervention/control group) or geometric mean ± standard deviation.