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. 2018 Feb 11;6(2):340–343. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.085

Table 1.

Correlation between depression symptoms and gender, education, DM age and HbA1c levels

Normal Poor Symptoms Med Symptoms Strong Symptoms P
Subjects Total N=171 67(39.18%) 54(31.57%) 46(26.90%) 4(2.33%)

Gender Female n=101 (59.06%) 29(28.7%) 35(34.7%) 34(33.66%) 3(2.97%) 0.007

Male n=70 (40.93%) 38(54.3%) 19(27.1%) 12(17.1%) 1(1.4%)

Education No Education n=15 (8.77%) 4(26.7%) 6(40.0%) 4(26.7%) 1(6.7%) 0.459

Pre n=100 (58.47%) 40(40%) 25(25%) 32(32%) 3(3.0%)

Med n=18 (10.52%) 6(33.3%) 7(38.9%) 5(27.8%) 0(0.0%)

High n=29 (16.95%) 14(48.3%) 11(37.9%) 4(13.8%) 0(0.0%)

University n=9 (5.26%) 3(33.3%) 5(55.6%) 1(11.1%) 0(0.0%)

DM Age 0-5 Years n=16 (9.4%) 7(43.75%) 6(37.5%) 3(18.75%) 0(0%) 0.863

6-10 Years n=47 (27,4%) 21(44.68%) 14(29.78%) 11(23.40%) 1(2.12%)

11 Years And Over n=108 (63.2%) 39(33.33%) 40(34.18%) 35(29.91%) 3(2.56%)

HbA1c Levels %5,0-6,5 n=36 (21.05%) 16(44.4%) 11(30.6%) 9(25.0%) 0(0.0%) 0.018

%6.5-7.0 n=39 (22.80%) 15(38.5%) 14(35.9%) 8(20.5%) 2(5.1%)

%7.0-8.0 n=40 (23.39%) 21(52.5%) 13(32.5%) 6(15.0%) 0(0.0%)

%8,0-9.5 n=34 (19.88%) 12(35.3%) 8(23.5%) 13(38.2%) 1(2.9%)

%9,5> n=22 (12.86%) 3(13.6%) 8(36.4%) 10(45.5%) 1(4.5%)