Table-II.

Alexithymic characteristics of elderly diabetic patients (n=120).

Alexithymic characteristics	Alexithymic		Nonalexithymic		Total		p**
	n	%	n	%	n	%*
Sex
Female Male	62 29	68.1 31.9	17 12	58.6 41.4	79 41	65.8 34.2	0.347
Age groups
60-69 70-79 80 +	36 45 10	39.6 49.5 11.0	15 10 4	51.7 34.5 13.8	51 55 14	42.5 45.8 11.7	0.370
Marital status
Single Married Widowed	12 67 12	13.2 73.6 13.2	1 23 5	3.4 79.3 17.2	13 90 17	10.8 75.0 14.2	0.321
Educational status
Illiterate Literate Primary School High School	34 26 30 1	37.4 28.6 33.0 1.1	8 10 10 1	27.6 34.5 34.5 3.4	42 36 40 2	35.0 30.0 33.3 1.7	0.659
Income status
Low Moderate High	29 54 8	31.9 59.3 8.8	2 23 4	6.9 79.3 13.8	31 77 12	25.8 64.2 10.0	0.027
Professional status
Self employed Retired Housewives	2 39 50	2.2 42.9 54.9	1 15 13	3.4 51.7 44.8	3 54 63	2.5 45.0 52.5	0.622
Family structure
Nuclear Family Extended Family	38 53	41.8 58.2	19 10	65.5 34.5	57 63	47.5 52.5	0.026
Disease duration
0-1 year 2-5 years 6-10 years 11-15 years 16 years +	2 14 44 22 9	2.2 15.4 48.4 24.2 9.9	2 11 12 3 1	6.9 37.9 41.4 10.3 3.4	4 25 56 25 10	3.3 20.8 46.7 20.8 8.3	0.038
HbA1c
> %7 < % 7	73 18	80.2 19.8	23 6	79.3 20.7	96 24	80 20	0.915
BMI
Normal Overweight Obese	4 55 32	4.4 60.4 35.2	3 17 9	10.3 58.6 31.0	7 72 41	5.8 60.0 34.2	0.483
PBG
>180mg/dl <180mg/dl	75 16	82.4 17.6	24 5	82.8 17.2	99 21	82.5 17.5	0.966
Treatment
Diet + OAD Insulin + diet	18 73	19.8 80.2	4 25	13.8 86.2	22 98	18.3 81.7	0.468
DM complication
Yes No	62 29	68.1 31.9	18 11	62.1 37.9	80 40	66.7 33.3	0.546
Total	91	100.0	29	100.0	120	100.0

*Column percentage, **Chi-square test value