Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants.
| Variables | Total (n = 1600) |
Complications (944/59.0%) |
No Complications (656/41.0%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.876 | |||
| Male | 640 (40.0) | 376 (39.8) | 264 (40.2) | |
| Female | 960 (60.0) | 568 (60.2) | 392 (59.2) | |
| Age (years) | 55.9 ± 14.3 | 58.5 ± 13.6 | 52.3 ± 14.4 | <0.0001 |
| <30 | 60 (3.8) | 32 (3.4) | 28 (4.3) | 0.001 |
| 30–50 | 484 (30.3) | 216 (22.9) | 268 (40.8) | |
| 51–70 | 800 (50.0) | 520 (55.1) | 280 (42.7) | |
| ≥71 | 256 (16.0) | 176 (18.6) | 80 (12.2) | |
| Gender-wise age ratio (m:f; p value) | 56.2:56.2; p = 0.968 | 56.7:55.4; p = 0.188 | 57.4:55.6; p = 0.105 | |
| Marital status | 0.012 | |||
| Single | 156 (9.8) | 80 (8.5) | 76 (11.6) | |
| Married | 1108 (69.3) | 644 (68.2) | 464 (70.7) | |
| Widowed | 232 (14.5) | 156 (16.5) | 76 (11.6) | |
| Divorced | 104 (6.5) | 64 (6.8) | 40 (6.1) | |
| Educational status | 0.329 | |||
| Illiterate | 356 (22.3) | 216 (22.9) | 140 (21.3) | |
| Basic | 640 (40) | 360 (38.1) | 280 (42.7) | |
| Secondary | 312 (19.5) | 192 (20.3) | 120 (18.3) | |
| Tertiary | 292 (18.3) | 176 (18.6) | 116 (17.7) | |
| Occupational status | <0.0001 | |||
| Informal | 1228 (76.8) | 700 (74.2) | 528 (80.5) | |
| Formal | 176 (11.0) | 100 (10.6) | 76 (11.6) | |
| Retired | 196 (12.3) | 144 (15.3) | 52 (7.9) | |
| Duration of diabetes (years) | <0.0001 | |||
| <5 | 1016 (63.5) | 540 (57.2) | 476 (72.2) | |
| 5–10 | 320 (20.0) | 204 (21.2) | 116 (17.7) | |
| >10 | 264 (16.5) | 200 (21.2) | 64 (9.7) |
m = male, f = female