Group variable | Experimental group | Control group | P-value* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Gender | |||||
 Male | 23 | 20 | 28 | 24 | 0.526 |
 Female | 92 | 80 | 87 | 76 | |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Single | 18 | 15.6 | 14 | 12.2 | 0.568 |
 Married | 97 | 84.4 | 101 | 87.8 | |
Educational qualifications | |||||
 Illiterate | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0.849 |
 Elementary and middle school | 62 | 54 | 59 | 51 | |
 Diploma and higher degrees | 47 | 41 | 51 | 44 | |
Duration of diabetes (years) | |||||
 < 2 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 0.547 |
 2–4 | 51 | 44 | 47 | 41 | |
 > 4 | 49 | 42 | 47 | 41 | |
Age (years) | |||||
 < 30 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0.947 |
 31–49 | 48 | 42 | 46 | 40 | |
 > 50 | 59 | 51 | 60 | 52 | |
BMI | |||||
 Underweight | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.956 |
 Normal | 22 | 19 | 21 | 18 | |
 Overweight | 52 | 45 | 49 | 43 | |
 Obese | 36 | 32 | 39 | 34 |