Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 209 studied patients
Variable | Male | Female | Total mean (%) | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 64.35 | 62.35 | 63.34 | 9.98 |
N (%) | 87 (41.6) | 122 (58.4) | –– | –– |
Education | ||||
Illiterate | 2 | 7 | 9 (4.3) | 0,502 |
Elementary school | 50 | 36 | 86 (41.1) | 0,455 |
Middle school | 15 | 38 | 53 (25.4) | 0,496 |
High school | 20 | 15 | 35 (16.7) | 0,441 |
University | 14 | 12 | 26 (12.4) | 0,508 |
Duration of T2DM (years) | 12.6 | 13.5 | 13.19 | 7.73 |
HbA1c (%) of 5 years | 7.81 | 8.37 | 8.14 | 1.60 |
BMI (kg/m 2 ) | 28.95 | 30.13 | 29.65 | 6.53 |
Complications of DM | ||||
Retinopathy | 31 | 40 | 71 (34.0) | 0.499 |
Neuropathy | 48 | 49 | 97 (46.4) | 0.502 |
Nephropathy | 35 | 49 | 84 (40.2) | 0.495 |
Macroangiopathy | 43 | 39 | 82 (39.2) | 0.502 |
Number of complications of DM | ||||
0 | 15 | 33 | 48 (23.0) | 0,468 |
1 | 24 | 35 | 59 (28.2) | 0,495 |
2 | 22 | 26 | 48 (23.0) | 0,504 |
3 | 15 | 22 | 37 (17.7) | 0,498 |
4 | 11 | 6 | 17 (8.1) | 0,493 |
Risk factors | ||||
Arterial hypertension | 76 | 106 | 182 (87.1) | 0.49 |
Dyslipidemia | 66 | 97 | 163 (78.0) | 0.49 |
Smoking | 7 | 11 | 18 (8.61) | 0.50 |