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. 2013 Dec 13;8(12):e81102. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081102

Table 1. Distribution of Unhealthy Days by socio-demographic and clinical variables (N = 1456).

Variable *N (%) Median (IQR) (unhealthy days summary index) **p-value
Gender: Male 842 (57.9) 0 (0–9) <0.001
Female 612 (42.1) 3 (0–14)
Age: 20–39 years 121 (8.4) 3 (0–9) 0.001
40–59 years 546 (38) 2 (0–13)
60+ years 768 (53.6) 0 (0–10)
Type: Type 1 296 (20.3) 2 (0–8.5) 0.87
Type 2 1160 (79.9) 1 (0–11)
Education: Primary 601 (41.3) 1 (0–10) 0.62
Lower Secondary 339 (23.3) 2 (0–9.5)
Completed Secondary 227 (16.6) 1 (0–7)
Tertiary 180 (12.4) 2 (0–10)
Unknown 63 (4.3) 1 (0–23)
Marital Status: Married 966 (66.3) 1 (0–10) 0.05
Unmarried 477 (32.8) 2 (0–15)
Insulin Use: Yes 462 (31.7) 2 (0–10) 0.04
No 828 (56.9) 0 (0–10)
Diabetes Complications: None 408 (28) 0 (0–5) <0.001
One 342 (23.5) 1 (0–8)
Two or more 706 (48.5) 4 (0–16.5)
BMI: <24.9 kg/m2 371 (26.2) 2 (0–10) <0.001
25–29.9 kg/m2 572 (40.4) 0 (0–7.5)
>30 kg/m2 474 (33.5) 3 (0–14)

Number (N) for individual variables will vary because of missing values.

P value obtained with Mann-Whitney U test or Kruskal Wallis test as appropriate.

 = body mass index. BMI