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Demographic and medical characteristics of the study sample.
| Variable | Clinical sample (n = 51) | |
| Gender | M | 37.25% |
| F | 62.74% | |
| Education | Primary school | 21.16% |
| Secondary school | 58.82% | |
| High school or higher degree | 19.02% | |
| T2DM time since diagnosis (yrs) | 11.77 ± 7.1 | |
| HbA1c (%) | 7.18 ± 0.9 | |
| T2DM related complications | Micro-vascular | 15% |
| Macro-vascular | 15% | |
| Age (yrs) | 66.1 ± 6.1 | |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 29.9 ± 5.2 | |
| Current smoking | 15% |
