Table 1.
Distribution of the patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics
| characteristics | N(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| sex | female | 178 (59.3) |
| male | 122 (40.7) | |
| Age group | ≤50y | 56 (18.7) |
| 51-60y | 119 (39.7) | |
| > 60 | 125 (41.6) | |
| marriage | single | 1 (0.3) |
| married | 299 (99.7) | |
| Job | Employed | 77 (25.7) |
| housewife | 145 (48.3) | |
| others | 78 (26) | |
| Education | illiterate | 58 (19.3) |
| undergraduate | 153 (51) | |
| postgraduate | 89 (29.7) | |
| Residency | Urban | 279 (93) |
| rural | 21 (7) | |
| treatment | Oral drug | 228 (76) |
| insulin | 72 (24) | |
| HbA1C | < 7 | 57 (19) |
| ≥7 | 243 (81) | |
| duration | <10y | 189 (63) |
| ≥10y | 11 (37) | |
| Neuropathy | yes | 32 (10.7) |
| no | 268 (89.3) | |
| Retinopathy | yes | 83 (27.7) |
| no | 217 (72.3) | |
| Nephropathy | yes | 56 (18.7) |
| no | 244 (81.3) | |
| IHD | yes | 70 (23.3) |
| no | 300 (76.7) | |
| Diabetes related hospitalization | yes | 140 (46.7) |
| no | 160 (53.3) | |