Characteristics of patients with diabetes
| Men (n=1518) | Women (n=1311) | P value | |
| Age (years) | 60.02±0.33 | 63.54±0.39 | <0.001**** |
| Marital status, married (%) | 1468 (95.5) | 1295 (98.8) | <0.001†*** |
| Education level | <0.001†*** | ||
| ≤12 | 1173 (73.1%) | 1200 (90.2%) | |
| >12 | 342 (26.9%) | 106 (9.8%) | |
| Residential area, urban (%) | 1132 (79.3) | 1004 (82.6) | 0.048†* |
| Economic activity, yes (%) | 912 (66.7) | 457 (37.5) | <0.001†*** |
| Taking hypoglycaemic drugs or insulin injections, yes (%) | 1019 (62.1) | 977 (72.6) | <0.001†*** |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) | 145.74±1.18 | 140.79±1.31 | 0.006** |
| Current drinking, yes (%) | 478 (35.3) | 51 (3.7) | <0.001† |
| Undiagnosed DM, yes (%) | 405 (31.3) | 269 (22.1) | <0.001†*** |
*P<0.05; ***p<0.001.
†P value by Student’s t-test or Rao-Scott Χ2 test as appropriate.
Values are weighted mean±SE or observed N (weighted percentage) unless otherwise indicated.
*t-test.
†Rao-Scott Χ2.
DM, diabetes mellitus.