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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic status data of the studied parents (1,079 parents)

From: Assessment of psychosocial variables by parents of youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Variable

 

Age, years

38.6 ± 7.6

Gender, Female n (%)

964 (89.3%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 

Caucasian

566 (52.5%)

Non-Caucasian*

513 (47.5%)

Economic status

 

High

72 (6.7%)

Medium

225 (20.9%)

Low

327 (30.3%)

Very low

455 (42.2%)

Geographic region (%)

 

Southeast

346 (32.1%)

North/northeast

422 (39.1%)

South

250 (23.2%)

Mid-west

61 (5.7%)

  1. Data are presented as means, SD and n (%).
  2. * African-Brazilians, Mulattos, Asians, Native Indians.