Table 2.
Characteristics of patients.
| N (%)/mean ± standard deviation | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 249 (52.2) |
| Female | 228 (47.8) |
| Education | |
| Primary school | 129 (27.0) |
| Middle school | 202 (42.3) |
| College/University/Graduates | 146 (30.7) |
| Occupation | |
| Farmer | 40 (8.4) |
| Worker | 79 (16.6) |
| Civil servant | 67 (14.0) |
| Liberal professions | 58 (12.2) |
| Other | 233 (48.8) |
| Type of diabetes | |
| 1 | 16 (3.3) |
| 2 | 438 (91.8) |
| Unspecified | 23 (4.8) |
| Age (years) | 61.1 ± 13.7 |
| Smoking (years) | 5.8 ± 11.9 |
| Course of disease (years) | 9.3 ± 7.5 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) | 8.5 ± 3.3 |
| Postprandial blood glucose (mmol/L) | 12.2 ± 11.1 |
| Glycosylated hemoglobin HBA1c (%) | 7.9 ± 2.2 |