Table 1.
Sociodemographic, clinical and anthropometric characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and nondiabetic controls, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018
| Variables | Study subjects | Total N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T2DM patients N (%) | Control group N (%) | |||
| Sex | Male | 82(51.6) | 76(47.8) | 158(49.7) |
| Female | 77(48.4) | 83(52.2) | 160(50.3) | |
| Age | <55 | 87(54.7) | 87(54.7) | 174(54.7) |
| ≥55 | 72(45.3) | 72(45.3) | 144(45.3) | |
| Alcohol drink | Yes | 56(35.2) | 65(40.7) | 121(38.1) |
| No | 103(64.8) | 94(59.3) | 191(61.9) | |
| Coffee drink | Yes | 112(70.4) | 115(72.3) | 227(71.4) |
| No | 47(29.6) | 44(27.7) | 91(28.6) | |
| Physical exercise | Yes | 40(25.2) | 47(29.6) | 87(27.4) |
| No | 119(74.8) | 112(70.4) | 231(72.6) | |
| Body mass index | Underweight | 9(5.6) | 4(2.5) | 13(4.1) |
| Normal weight | 77(48.4) | 154(96.9) | 231(72.6) | |
| Over weight | 47(29.6) | 1(0.6) | 48(15.1) | |
| Obese | 26(16.4) | - | 26(8.2) | |
| Waist circumference | Normal | 124(78) | 157(98.7) | 281(88.4) |
| Central obesity | 35(22) | 2(1.3) | 37(11.6) | |
| Duration diabetes mellitus | 0-5 | 99(62.3) | - | - |
| 6-10 | 31(19.5) | - | - | |
| >10 | 29(18.2) | - | - | |
| Systolic blood pressure | Normal | 122(76.7) | 158(99.4) | 280(88.1) |
| High | 37(23.3) | 1(0.6) | 38(11.9) | |
| Diastolic blood pressure | Normal | 142(89.3) | 149(93.7) | 291(91.5) |
| High | 17(10.7) | 10(6.3) | 27(8.5) | |
| Hypertension | Present | 67(42.1) | 11(6.9) | 78(24.5) |
| Absent | 92(57.9) | 148(93.1) | 240(75.5) | |
| Family history of diabetes mellitus | Yes | 19(11.9) | 12(7.5) | 31(9.7) |
| No | 140(88.1) | 147(92.5) | 287(90.3) | |
Note: N=number of participants; T2DM=type 2 diabetes mellitus; %=percentage.