Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with T2D on follow-up in Ethiopia, 2019
Variables | Categories | Study participants (N = 357) |
|---|---|---|
Frequency (%) | ||
Sex | Male | 162 (45.4) |
Female | 195 (54.6) | |
Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 59.4 ± 13.1 |
20–40 | 22 (6.2) | |
41–60 | 188 (52.7) | |
> 60 | 147 (41.1) | |
Marital status | Single | 13 (3.6) |
Married | 308 (86.2) | |
Divorced | 20 (5.6) | |
Widowed | 16 (4.5) | |
Religious | Orthodox | 294 (82.3) |
Muslim | 36 (10.1) | |
Protestant | 27 (7.6) | |
Residence | Rural | 304 (85.2) |
Urban | 53 (14.8) | |
Level of education | No formal education | 50 (14.0) |
Primary (1–8) | 63 (17.6) | |
Secondary (9–12) | 103 (28.9) | |
College and above | 141 (39.5) | |
Employment status | Employed | 201 (56.3) |
Unemployed | 156 (43.7) | |
Smoking habit | Current smoker | 2 (0.6) |
Ex/never smoker | 355 (99.2) | |
Regular alcohol use | Yes | 40 (11.2) |
No | 317 (87.8) | |
Adherence to regular physical activity | Yes | 252 (70.6) |
No | 105 (29.4) | |
Duration of diabetes (years) | Mean ± SD | 11.64 ± 6.95 |
1–5 | 67 (18.8) | |
5–10 | 105 (29.40 | |
11–15 | 95 (26.6) | |
> 15 | 90 (25.2) | |
BMI (kg/m2), (n = 71) | Mean ± SD | 27.15 ± 4.46 |
Average of FBG (mg/dL) | Mean ± SD | 172.60 ± 44. |
Poor glycemic control | < 70 or > 130 | 295 (82.6) |
Good glycemic control | 70–130 | 62 (17.4) |
Presence of co morbidities | Yes | 278 (77.9) |
No | 79 (22.1) | |
Hypertension | 188 (52.7) | |
Dyslipidemia | 171 (47.9) | |
IHD | 37 (10.4) | |
Others* | 50 (14.0) | |
Number of comorbidities per patient | Mean ± SD | 1.66 ± 0.66 |
1–2 | 252 (70.6) | |
≥ 3 | 26 (7.3) | |
Presence of diabetes complication | Yes | 115 (32.2) |
No | 242 (67.8) | |
Neuropathy | 87 (24.4) | |
Retinopathy | 25 (7.0) | |
Nephropathy | 18 (5.0) | |
Number of complications per patient | Mean ± SD | 1.22 ± 0.53 |
1–2 | 108 (30.3) | |
≥ 3 | 5 (1.4) | |
Level of adherence | Adherent | 268 (75.0) |
Non-adherent | 89 (25.0) |