Table 1.
Selected participants characteristics
| Population characteristics | Total population n=305 (100%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 130 (42.6) |
| Female | 175 (57.4) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤57 | 155 (51) |
| >57 | 150 (49) |
| Marital status | |
| Currently unmarried | 65 (21) |
| Currently married | 240 (79) |
| Education | |
| Not educated | 149 (49) |
| Educated | 156 (51) |
| Income | |
| <500 OR | 120 (39) |
| ≥500 OR | 185 (61) |
| Employment | |
| Not employed | 234 (77) |
| Employed | 71 (23) |
| Physiological | |
| Duration of diabetes (years) | Median (LQ, UQ) 6 (4, 10) |
| Self-reported comorbidities* | |
| Yes | 277 (91) |
| No | 28 (9) |
| Current medication | |
| Antihypertension | 217 (71) |
| Lipid-lowering drugs | 189 (62) |
| Oral-hypoglycaemic drugs | 260 (85) |
| Oral-hypoglycaemic drugs with insulin | 75 (25) |
| Diet control | 45 (15) |
| Blood pressure† | |
| Within target (<140/<80) | 237 (78) |
| High (≥140/≥80) | 68 (22) |
| Fasting lipid profile (mmol/L)† | |
| Cholesterol within target (<5.0) | 201 (66) |
| Cholesterol high (≥5.0) | 104 (34) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2)† | |
| Healthy weight range (18.5–24.99) | 34 (11) |
| Overweight (>25–29.99) | 118 (39) |
| Obese (>30) | 153 (50) |
| HbA1c (%)† (>48 mmol/mol) | |
| Normal≤7 | 127 (42) |
| High>7 | 178 (58) |
| Self-reported stages of physical activity | |
| Not ready (precontemplation) | 112 (37) |
| Getting ready (contemplation) | 95 (31) |
| Preparation | 46 (15) |
| Action | 14 (5) |
| Maintenance | 38 (12) |
*Reported hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, thyroid dysfunction or any other chronic condition coinciding with diabetes.
†Oman diabetes mellitus management guidelines (2015).41
LQ, lower quartile; OR, Oman rial; UQ, upper quartile.