Table 1 Numeric and percentage distribution of the socio-demographic variables of the participants of the study
Total | Type 1 diabetes | Type 2 diabetes | Other types | P value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 1633 | % | n = 805 | % | n = 628 | % | n = 200 | % | ||
Gender | |||||||||
Female | 1103 | 67.5 | 559 | 69.4 | 411 | 65.5 | 133 | 66.5 | |
Male | 504 | 30.9 | 243 | 30.2 | 217 | 34.5 | 44 | 22.0 | |
Not informed | 26 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.4 | – | – | 23 | 11.5 | |
Age group (years) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
18–34 | 575 | 35.2 | 503 | 62.5 | 33 | 5.25 | 39 | 19.5 | |
35–59 | 706 | 43.2 | 273 | 33.9 | 336 | 53.5 | 97 | 48.5 | |
≥ 60 | 352 | 21.6 | 29 | 3.6 | 259 | 41.2 | 64 | 32.0 | |
Region of the Country | 0.0013 | ||||||||
Northern | 80 | 4.9 | 32 | 4.0 | 36 | 5.7 | 12 | 6.0 | |
North-eastern | 184 | 11.3 | 83 | 10.3 | 86 | 13.7 | 15 | 7.5 | |
Centre-western | 93 | 5.7 | 50 | 6.2 | 34 | 5.4 | 9 | 4.5 | |
South-eastern | 1111 | 68.0 | 535 | 66.5 | 426 | 67.8 | 150 | 75.0 | |
Southern | 165 | 10.1 | 105 | 13.0 | 46 | 7.32 | 14 | 7.0 | |
Education level | |||||||||
Never attended school | 4 | 0.2 | – | – | 4 | 0.6 | – | – | |
Elementary, incomplete | 60 | 3.7 | 7 | 0.9 | 43 | 6.9 | 10 | 5.0 | |
Elementary, complete | 65 | 4.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 44 | 7.0 | 13 | 6.5 | |
High school, incomplete | 36 | 2.2 | 11 | 1.4 | 19 | 3.0 | 6 | 3.0 | |
High school, complete | 215 | 13.1 | 98 | 12.2 | 93 | 14.8 | 24 | 12.0 | |
Technician courses | 62 | 3.8 | 31 | 3.8 | 17 | 2.7 | 14 | 7.0 | |
College degreee, incomplete | 231 | 14.2 | 171 | 21.2 | 42 | 6.7 | 18 | 9.0 | |
College degreee, complete | 435 | 26.6 | 221 | 27.5 | 174 | 27.7 | 40 | 20.0 | |
Post-graduate education | 498 | 30.5 | 256 | 31.8 | 191 | 30.4 | 51 | 25.5 | |
Not informed | 27 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 24 | 12.0 | |