Table 1.
Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of patients with diabetic and non-diabetic IHD patients
| Variables | All patients (n = 306) | DM | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 96, 31.4%) | No (n = 210, 68.6%) | |||
| Baseline age (years) | ||||
| 45 and less (n, %) | 59 (19.3) | 21 (21.9) | 38 (18.1) | 1.00 |
| 46–55 (n, %) | 96 (31.4) | 26 (27.1) | 70 (33.3) | 0.26 |
| 56–65 | 88 (28.8) | 27 (28.1) | 61 (29.0) | 0.53 |
| 66 and above | 63 (20.6) | 22 (22.9) | 41 (19.5) | 0.94 |
| Mean (±SD) age | 56.8 (11.6) | 56.8 (12.3) | 56.7 (11.3) | 0.88 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male (%) | 211 (69.0) | 73 (76.0) | 138 (65.7) | 0.07 |
| Female (%) | 95 (31.0) | 23 (24.0) | 72 (34.3 | 1.00 |
| Residence | ||||
| Addis Ababa (%) | 221 (82.2) | 69 (83.1) | 152 (81.7) | 0.78 |
| Outside Addis Ababa (%) | 48 (17.8) | 14 (16.9) | 34 (18.3) | 1.00 |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Never smoked (%) | 258 (84.3) | 77 (80.2) | 181 (86.2) | 1.00 |
| Ever/Current smoker (%) | 48 (15.7) | 19 (19.8) | 29 (13.8) | 0.18 |
| Admission to hospital (%) | ||||
| Yes (%) | 80 (26.1) | 26 (27.1) | 54 (25.7) | 0.9 |
| No (%) | 226 (73.9) | 70 (72.9) | 156 (74.3 | 1.00 |
| Number of hospital admissions | ||||
| None (%) | 229 (74.8) | 72 (75.0) | 157 (74.8) | 1.00 |
| Once (%) | 64 (20.9) | 19 (19.8) | 45 (21.4) | 0.79 |
| Two or more (%) | 13 (4.2) | 5 (5.2) | 8 (3.8) | 0.60 |