Table 5.

Alexithymia status in D2 patients in terms of lifestyle factors

Glycemic control characteristics		Patients with alexithymia N (%)	Patients without alexithymia N (%)	P value
Adequate dietary intake	Yes	15 (40.5)	48 (71.6)	0.0031 (**)
	No	22 (59.5)	19 (28.4)
Physical activity	Yes	10 (27.0)	34 (50.7)	0.0320 (*)
	No	27 (73.0)	33 (49.3)
Tobacco consumption	Yes	21 (56.8)	23 (34.3)	0.0621 (ns)
	No	16 (43.2)	44 (65.7)
Alcohol consumption	Yes	28 (75.7)	25 (37.3)	0.0002 (***)
	No	9 (24.3)	42 (62.7)

N number of individuals

Ns non-significant; ^*p < 0.05; ^*p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001 based on Fisher’s exact test for differences between patients with alexithymia and those without alexithymia