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. 2022 May 19;12:8481. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12633-3

Table 3.

Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge of diabetes mellitus.

Good Moderate Poor Total X2 p
Age (years)
 < 30 0 (0.0) 1 (3.1) 1 (50.0) 2 (1.6) 621.89  < 0.001
30–39 4 (4.3) 3 (9.3) 0 (0.0) 7 (5.6)
40–49 12 (13.0) 18 (56.3) 0 (0.0) 30 (23.8)
50–59 19 (20.7) 3 (9.3) 1 (5.0) 23 (18.3)
60–69 32 (34.8) 4 (12.4) 0 (0.0) 36 (28.6)
 ≥ 70 25 (27.2) 3 (9.3) 0 (0.0) 28 (22.2)
Gender
Male 32 (34.8) 22 (68.8) 2 (100) 56 (44.4) 13.635  < 0.001
Female 60 (65.2) 10 (31.2) 0 (0.0) 70 (55.6)
Ethnicity
Yoruba 64 (69.6) 27 (84.4) 2 (100) 93 (73.8) 2.734 0.746
Ibo 18 (19.6) 3 (9.3) 0 (0.0) 21 (16.7)
Hausa 4 (4.3) 1 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 5 (3.9)
Others 6 (6.5) 1 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 7 (5.6)
Marital status
Married 57 (66.3) 26 (68.8) 2 (100) 85 (67.4) 15.737 0.01
Divorced 4 (4.3) 1 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 5 (1.6)
Widowed 29 (27.2) 1 (15.6) 0 (0.0) 30 (23.8)
Separated 2 (2.2) 4 (12.3) 0 (0.0) 6 (4.8)
Religion
Christianity 67 (72.8) 28 (87.5) 2 (100) 97 (76.9) 3.597 0.463
Islam 24 (26.1) 4 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 28 (22.2)
Traditional 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7)
Level of education
No formal education 0 (0.0) 5 (15.6) 2 (100.) 7 (5.6) 115.167  < 0.001
Primary education 0 (0.0) 5 (15.6) 0 (0.0) 5 (5.6)
Secondary education 12 (13.0) 22 (68.8) 0 (0.0) 34 (26.9)
Tertiary education 80 (77.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 80 (63.5)
Knowledge level 92 (73) 32 (25.4) 2 (1.6)

Values in parenthesis indicate % while X2 and p represent chi-square and probability values, respectively.