Table 1.

Background characteristics of the patients.

Variables	Male	Female	Total	p Value
Age groups				>0.999
≥50	93 (59.6%)	99 (59.3%)	192 (59.4%)
<50	63 (40.4%)	68 (40.7%)	131 (40.6%)
Marital Status				>0.999
Married	150 (96.2%)	161 (96.4%)	311 (96.3%)
Unmarried	6 (3.85%)	6 (3.59%)	12 (3.72%)
Family History of Diabetes				0.8223
Yes	69 (44.2%)	71 (42.5%)	140 (43.3%)
No	87 (55.8%)	96 (57.5%)	183 (56.7%)
Substance Use				0.0459
Yes	43 (27.6%)	30 (18.0%)	73 (22.6%)
No	113 (72.4%)	137 (82.0%)	250 (77.4%)
Education				0.0077
Literate	111 (71.2%)	94 (56.3%)	205 (63.5%)
Illiterate	45 (28.8%)	73 (43.7%)	118 (36.5%)
Occupation				0.0308
Employed	98 (62.8%)	124 (74.3%)	222 (68.7%)
Unemployed	58 (37.2%)	43 (25.7%)	101 (31.3%)
Socioeconomic Status				0.0324
Middle	43 (27.6%)	29 (17.4%)	72 (22.3%)
Lower	113 (72.4%)	138 (82.6%)	251 (77.7%)
CKD Stage				0.3724
Stage III	48 (30.8%)	63 (37.7%)	111 (34.4%)
Stage II	65 (41.7%)	66 (39.5%)	131 (40.6%)
Stage I	43 (27.6%)	38 (22.8%)	81 (25.1%)
HTN Stage				0.6244
Stage I HTN	40 (25.6%)	36 (21.6%)	76 (23.5%)
Stage II HTN	23 (14.7%)	33 (19.8%)	56 (17.3%)
Prehypertension	43 (27.6%)	46 (27.5%)	89 (27.6%)
Normal	50 (32.1%)	52 (31.1%)	102 (31.6%)
BMI Categories				0.6529
Overweight	61 (39.1%)	59 (35.3%)	120 (37.2%)
Obese	32 (20.5%)	41 (24.6%)	73 (22.6%)
Normal	63 (40.4%)	67 (40.1%)	130 (40.2%)
Co-morbidities				0.6431
Yes	53 (34.0%)	61 (36.5%)	114 (35.3%)
No	103 (66.0%)	106 (63.5%)	209 (64.7%)
Duration of diabetes				0.3743
Less than 10 years	79 (50.6%)	89 (53.3%)	168 (52.0%)
More than 10 years	77 (49.4%)	78 (46.7%)	155 (48.0%)
Duration of HTN
Less than 5 years	44 (63.76%)	37 (58.73%)	81 (61.36%)	0.5942
More than 5 years	25 (36.23%)	26 (41.26%)	51 (38.63%)

CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; HTN: Hypertension; BMI: Body Mass Index.