Table 3.
The distribution of micro and macrovascular diseases by socioeconomic characteristics
| Socioeconomic characteristic | Complications of diabetes mellitus (n = 202)a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microvascular (n = 186) | Macrovascular (n = 56) | |||
| Number | %b | Number | %b | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 92 | 91.0 % | 20 | 12.5 % |
| Female | 94 | 93.1 % | 36 | 35.3 % |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 35 to 39 | 11 | 100 % | 1 | 0.8 % |
| 40 to 44 | 26 | 99.4 % | 2 | 7.0 % |
| 45 to 49 | 34 | 85.6 % | 13 | 42.4 % |
| 50 to 54 | 34 | 80.4 % | 14 | 20.6 % |
| 55 to 59 | 43 | 100 % | 18 | 35.0 % |
| 60 to 64 | 38 | 94.6 % | 8 | 22.3 % |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Sinhalese | 144 | 93.1 % | 37 | 23.4 % |
| Tamil | 20 | 97.6 % | 15 | 93.9 % |
| Muslim | 22 | 69.0 % | 4 | 32.8 % |
| Education | ||||
| No schooling | 5 | 42.4 % | 4 | 58.5 % |
| Grade 5 or below | 29 | 92.8 % | 17 | 43.2 % |
| Grade 6 to Grade 10 | 73 | 99.4 % | 17 | 24.7 % |
| Ordinary Level to Grade 12 | 42 | 88.4 % | 7 | 11.8 % |
| Advanced Level and above | 28 | 86.2 % | 7 | 18.5 % |
| Missing | 9 | 4 | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Professional | 2 | 46.0 % | 1 | 34.0 % |
| Technical & clerical | 11 | 71.6 % | 1 | 0.6 % |
| Vendors and sellers | 31 | 86.4 % | 6 | 11.2 % |
| Skilled manual workers | 22 | 99.9 % | 2 | 11.5 % |
| Unskilled manual workers | 22 | 99.8 % | 11 | 32.9 % |
| Retired | 13 | 100 % | 1 | 0.7 % |
| Unemployed | 11 | 100 % | 3 | 21.6 % |
| Housewife | 72 | 92.1 % | 30 | 37.3 % |
| Missing | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sector | ||||
| Urban | 83 | 91.1 % | 20 | 20.7 % |
| Rural | 82 | 92.2 % | 22 | 24.6 % |
| Estate | 21 | 85.0 % | 14 | 53.6 % |
| Income Category (Monthly Income) | ||||
| < Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 | 47 | 92.1 % | 20 | 30.4 % |
| Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 to 30,000 | 101 | 90.4 % | 28 | 22.6 % |
| > Sri Lankan Rupees 30,000 | 33 | 99.7 % | 5 | 1.1 % |
| Missing | 5 | 3 | ||
| Social status index | ||||
| 1st quintile (richest) | 44 | 95.1 % | 14 | 36.6 % |
| 2nd quintile | 48 | 93.9 % | 12 | 23.8 % |
| 3rd quintile | 44 | 94.7 % | 9 | 15.1 % |
| 4th quintile | 35 | 83.5 % | 9 | 20.2 % |
| 5th quintile (poorest) | 15 | 87.9 % | 12 | 66.9 % |
| Unsatisfactory Basic Needs Index | ||||
| 1 (poorest) | 6 | 99.1 % | 4 | 1.4 % |
| 2 | 12 | 99.5 % | 7 | 5.0 % |
| 3 | 26 | 92.0 % | 8 | 19.7 % |
| 4 | 58 | 89.3 % | 12 | 16.5 % |
| 5 (richest) | 84 | 93.5 % | 25 | 34.3 % |
| Place of management (n = 146) | ||||
| State | 36 | 91.8 % | 21 | 50.2 % |
| Private | 94 | 90.4 % | 17 | 18.7 % |
| Missing | 5 | 5 | ||
aPresence of one or more complications were considered; bAll percentages were weighted values