Table 1 Demographics with participant numbers and percentages for different exposure variables
Variable | Categories | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age group | < 50 years | 265 (39%) |
50 years or above | 414 (61%) | |
Gender | Male | 354 (52.1%) |
Female | 325 (47.9%) | |
Duration of diabetes | Up to 5 years | 294 (43.3%) |
> 5 years | 385 (56.7%) | |
Having diabetes complications like retinopathy | Yes | 58 (8.6%) |
No | 617 (91.4%) | |
Diabetic Treatment | Insulin/combined | 204 (30.4%) |
Non-insulin | 466 (69.6%) | |
Needing to self-isolate mandatorily | Yes | 140 (20.6%) |
No/prefer not say | 539 (79.4%) | |
Duration of self-isolation | Up to one week | 53 (37.9) |
Over one week | 82 (62.1%) | |
Tested positive for COVID-19 by a standard test | Yes | 55 (17.1%) |
No | 266 (82.9%) |