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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects in cases & controls.

From: Association of depression with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes among adults aged between 25 to 60 years in Karachi, Pakistan

Male to female ratio is 432(73%): 160(27%)

Characteristics

Cases (n = 296)

Controls (n = 296)

 

n* (%)

n* (%)

Marital status

  

- Married

227 (76.69%)

251 (84.80%)

Family type

  

- Nuclear family

207 (70.61%)

175 (59.12%)

- Extended family

87 (29.39%)

121 (40.88%)

Socioeconomic status

  

- Lowest

91 (30.74%)

85 (28.72%)

- Middle

145 (48.99%)

165 (55.74%)

- Upper

60 (20.27%)

46 (15.54%)

Occupation

  

- Salaried workers

29 (9.8%)

23 (7.77%)

- Daily wages laborer

31 (10.47%)

36 (12.16%)

- Not working

236 (79.73%)

237(80.07%)

House ownership

  

- Shared accommodation

15 (5.07%)

11 (3.72%)

- On rent

122 (41.21%)

114 (38.51%)

- Own house

159 (53.72%)

171 (57.77%)

Illiterate

150 (50.68%)

160 (54.05%)

H/o smoking

21 (7.09%)

20 (6.76%)

H/o high cholesterol

16 (5.41%)

12 (4.05%)

H/o exercise

51 (17.23%)

35 (11.83%)

Past h/o depression

49 (16.55%)

41 (13.85%)

  1. * frequency