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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: The impact of type 2 diabetes on health related quality of life in Bangladesh: results from a matched study comparing treated cases with non-diabetic controls

Variables

Diabetic subjects (n = 591)

Non-diabetic subjects (n = 591)

p-value

Demographics

Age; mean [SD]

51.3 [11.6]

49.5 [11.1]

0.0043*

Sex

  

1.000

 Male; n (%)

255 (43.1)

255 (43.1)

 

 Female; n (%)

336 (56.9)

336 (56.9)

 

BMI; mean [SD]

26.4 [3.9]

26.0 [7.0]

0.217*

 Normal-underweight; n (%)

229 (38.7)

253 (42.8)

 

 Overweight; n (%)

274 (46.4)

271 (45.9)

 

 Obese; n (%)

88 (14.9)

67 (11.3)

 

Education years; mean [SD]

7.8 [5.3]

9.1 [5.2]

<.0001*

 No education; n (%)

116 (19.6)

76 (12.9)

 

 Primary education; n (%)

103 (17.4)

96 (16.2)

 

 Secondary education; n (%)

190 (32.2)

178 (30.1)

 

 Higher secondary and above; n (%)

182 (30.8)

241 (40.8)

 

Income taka; mean [SD]

16605 [17096]

16629 [18825]

0.9827 *

Married; n (%)

476 (80.5)

517 (87.5)

0.0011**

Unemployed/retired; n (%)

91 (15.4)

49 (8.3)

0.0002 **

Cigarette smoking; n (%)

114 (19.3)

144 (24.4)

0.0346 **

Chronic conditions

 Cardiovascular disease; n (%)

59 (10.0)

20 (3.4)

<.0001**

 Kidney disease; n (%)

53 (9.0)

14 (2.4)

<.0001**

 Neurological disease; n (%)

35 (6.0)

11 (1.9)

0.0003**

 Eye disease; n (%)

355 (60.1)

225 (38.1)

<.0001**

 Foot ulcer; n (%)

20 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

<0.001**

Number of complications;

 

-

<0.001**

 0; n (%)

191 (32.3)

352 (59.6)

 

 1; n (%)

298 (50.4)

−212 (35.9)

 

  > 1; n (%)

102 (17.3)

−27 (4.6)

 

Diabetes duration; mean [SD]

7.7 [7.2]

-

 

  < 5 years; n (%)

252 (42.6)

-

 

 5–10 years; n (%)

148 (25.1)

-

 

  > 10 years; n (%)

191 (32.3)

-

 
  1. *p-values from t-test; **p-values from Chi-square test