Table 6.
Comparison between the baseline characteristics of responders and non-responders of the follow-up study
| Baseline characteristics | Responders 869 |
Non responders 392 |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | 44.3 (14.3) | 39.0 (17.7) | < 0.001 |
| BMI | 23.7 (4.2) | 22.9 (4.1) | 0.003 |
| Average sys B.P | 127.7 (19.2) | 126.0 (17.9) | 0.138 |
| FBS | 77.2 (12.6) | 75.2 (11.0) | 0.006 |
| Total Cholesterol | 187.4 (32.9) | 180.4 (32.9) | < 0.000 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 608 (74.6) | 207 (25.4) | < 0.001 |
| Male | 261 (58.5) | 185 (41.5) | |
| Family history of DM | |||
| Present | 573 (69.8) | 248 (30.2) | 0.3 |
| Absent | 294 (67.1) | 144 (32.9) | |
| Literacy | |||
| Literate | 821 (69.4) | 362 (30.6) | 0.146 |
| Illiterate | 48 (61.5) | 30 (38.5) | |
| Family type | |||
| Nuclear | 377 (69.7) | 164 (30.3) | 0.608 |
| Joint | 492 (68.3) | 228 (31.7) | |
| Religion | |||
| Hindu | 546 (72.1) | 248 (30.2) | 0.001 |
| Christian | 294 (67.1) | 144 (32.9) | |
| Muslim | 120 (59.1) | 83 (40.9) | |
Student’s t-test done for continuous variable and data presented as Mean and standard deviation
Chi-square test was done for categorical variables and data showed in frequency and percentage