Table 2.
Glycaemic control status with demographic and clinical variables in studied patients
| Variables | N | Patient; n (%) | ||
| HbA1c (%) | ||||
| Good control (<7) | Poor control (≥7) | p-value | ||
| 23(16.7) | 115(83.3) | |||
| Demographic | ||||
| Age(yrs) | 138 | |||
| Non elderly (< 65years) | 20(24.7) | 61(75.3) | 0.005*b | |
| Elderly (≥65years) | 3(5.3) | 54(94.7) | ||
| Sex | 138 | |||
| Male | 16(21.1) | 60(78.9) | 0.193b | |
| female | 7(11.3) | 55(88.7) | ||
| Anthropometric | ||||
| Body mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2) | 138 | |||
| Underweight/normal (< 25) | 3(23.1) | 10(76.9) | 0.687a | |
| Overweight (25–29.9) | 11(14.5) | 65(85.5) | ||
| Obese (≥ 30) | 9(18.4) | 40(81.6) | ||
| Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) | 137 | |||
| Low | 16(24.6) | 49(75.4) | 0.034*a | |
| medium | 2(10.0) | 18(90.0) | ||
| high | 4(7.7) | 48(92.3) | ||
| Clinical | ||||
|
Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)(mmol/l) |
138 | |||
| Within tight control (3.9–7.2) | 13(61.9) | 8(38.1) | 0.001*c | |
| Outside tight control (<3.9 or >7.2) | 10(8.5) | 107(91.5) | ||
| Complications | 138 | |||
| Neuropathy | 0(0.0) | 2(100.0) | 0.181a | |
| Retinopathy | 8(21.1) | 30(78.9) | ||
| Nephropathy | 1(3.3) | 29(96.7) | ||
| Foot amputation/or ulcer | 2(13.3) | 13(86.7) | ||
| Non/unknown | 12(22.6) | 41(77.4) | ||
| Blood pressure | ||||
| Systolic blood pressure(mmHg) (Mean ± SD) | 137.04 ±15.35) | 146.11±21.74) | 0.021*d | |
| Diastolic blood pressure(mmHg) (Mean ± SD) | 86.09 ± 10.76) | 88.75 ± 13.65) | 0.380d | |
a
Pearson chi-square test
b
Continuity correction
c
Fisher's exact test
d
Students' t-test
*
statistically significant value (p < 0.05)