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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of T2DM patients on follow up at JUTH, 2014

From: Factors associated with glycemic control among adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional survey in Ethiopia

Socio-demographic characteristics (n = 309)

Categories

n (%)

Sex

Male

189 (61.8)

Female

120 (38.2)

Age

18–32

5 (1.6)

33–41

30 (9.7)

42–50

72 (23.3)

51–60

114 (36.9)

≥61

88 (28.5)

Marital status

Married

251 (81.2)

Single

9 (2.9)

Divorce

12 (3.9)

Widow/er

37 (12.0)

Ethnicity

Oromo

170 (55.1)

Amhara

78 (25.2)

Keficho

21 (6.8)

Gurage

10 (3.2)

Dawero

8 (2.6)

Yem

8 (2.6)

Othera

14 (4.5)

Educational level

Illiterate

87 (28.2)

Read & write

22 (7.1)

1–8

112 (36.2)

9–12

44 (14.3)

College/University

44 (14.2)

Religion of respondents

Muslim

144 (46.6)

Orthodox

138 (44.7)

Protestant

23 (7.4)

Othersb

4 (1.3)

Occupation

Farmer

94 (30.4)

No job

78 (25.2)

Employed

72 (23.3)

Merchant

29 (9.4)

Daily labor

36 (11.7)

  1. aTigre, Wolayita
  2. bCatholic, Jehovah witness