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Table 1 Characteristics of the study respondents

From: Awareness regarding risk factors of type 2 diabetes among individuals attending a tertiary-care hospital in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Descriptive measure

Age, years, mean ± SD

41.86 ± 10.03

Monthly Income , $, median (range)

142.86 (28.57-3571)

BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

24.40 ± 3.82

Knowledge score, mean ± SD

5.64 ± 2.45

Attitude score, mean ± SD

22.92 ± 2.93

Gender

 

  Male

176 (44%)

  Female

224 (56%)

Education

 

  Illiterate

84 (21%)

  Primary to 8th grade

71 (18%)

  Secondary-higher secondary

168 (42%)

  Graduate & above

77 (19%)

Occupation

 

  Service

101 (25.3%)

  Business

69 (17.3%)

  Housewife

201 (50.3%)

  Unemployed

27 (7.3%)

Family history of diabetes

 

  Have family history

205 (51%)

  No family history

195 (48%)

Acquisition of information regarding diabetes

 

  Received information

352 (88%)

  Not received information

48 (12%)

BMI (kg/m 2 )

 

  Underweight (<18.5)

13 (3.3%)

  Normal (18.5-22.9)

135 (33.8%)

  Overweight (23–27.5)

175 (43.8%)

  Obese (>27.5)

77 (19.3%)

  1. BMI = Body Mass Index.
  2. Descriptive measures are expressed as number (%), mean ± SD and median (range).