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%) |