Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of T2D patients on follow-up at diabetes center, Ethiopia, 2018
Category | Subcategory | Glycemic control | Total (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | ||||
Sex | Male | 74 (30.2) | 94 (83.2) | 168 (47.1) | |
Female | 170 (69.8) | 19 (16.8) | 189 (52.9) | 0.012 | |
Age group | 18–40 | 14 (5.7) | 8 (7.1) | 22 (6.2) | 0.12 |
41–60 | 134 (54.9) | 54 (47.8) | 188 (52.7) | ||
> 60 | 96 (39.3) | 51 (45.1) | 147 (41.7) | ||
Marital status | Never married | 8 (3.3) | 5 (4.4) | 13 (3.6) | 0.59 |
Ever married | 236 (96.7) | 108 (95.6) | 344 (96.4) | ||
Residence | Urban | 206 (84.4) | 98 (86.7) | 304 (85.2) | 0.57 |
Rural | 38 (15.6) | 15 (13.3) | 53 (14.8) | ||
Education | No formal education | 33 (13.5) | 17 (15.0) | 50 (14.0) | 0.52 |
Primary (1–8) | 47 (19.3) | 16 (14.2) | 63 (17.6) | ||
Secondary (9–12) | 66 (27.0) | 37 (32.7) | 103 (28.9) | ||
Tertiary (graduates) | 98 (40.2) | 43 (38.1) | 141 (39.5) | ||
Employment | Employed | 135 (55.3) | 66 (58.4) | 201 (56.3) | 0.59 |
Unemployed | 109 (44.7) | 47 (41.6) | 156 (43.7) | ||
Duration of diabetes | Mean (± SD) | 13.01 ± 3.11 | 10.24 ± 2.13 | 11.64 ± 6.95 | 0.051 |
Presence of comorbidities | Yes | 195 (79.9) | 83 (73.5) | 278 (77.9) | 0.115 |
No | 49 (20.1) | 30 (26.5) | 79 (22.1) | ||
Types of co morbidities | Hypertension | 130 (53.3) | 58 (51.3) | 188 (65.5) | 0.381 |
Dyslipidemia | 123 (50.4) | 48 (42.5) | 171 (60.9) | 0.222 | |
IHD | 27 (11.1) | 10 (8.8) | 37 (13.1) | 0.414 | |
Othersa | 32 (13.1) | 18 (15.9) | 50 (17.7) | 0.201 | |
Diabetes complications | Yes | 193 (79.1) | 22 (19.5) | 215 (60.2) | 0.018 |
No | 51 (20.9) | 91 (80.5) | 142 (39.8) | ||
Types of complications | Neuropathy | 143 (58.6) | 24 (21.2) | 167 (46.8) | 0.036 |
Nephropathy | 62 (25.4) | 6 (5.3) | 68 (19.1) | 0.374 | |
Retinopathy | 45 (18.4) | 5 (4.4) | 50 (14.0) | 0.262 | |
FBG, mg/dL | Mean (± SD) | 186.8 ± 47.4 | 146.6 ± 39.9 | 174.10 ± 48.9 | < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | Mean (± SD) | 29.4 ± 6.1 | 24.9 ± 4.5 | 27.15 ± 4.6 | 0.217 |