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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of initial patients presenting to diabetes clinics at AKU

From: Patterns, control and complications of diabetes from a hospital based registry established in a low income country

Variables

Overall

<18 years old

18-35 years old

36-54 years old

≥55 years old

P-value

n = 876

n = 3

n = 61

n = 396

n = 416

Gender, n (%)

0.78

 Male

454(51.8)

1(33.3)

34(55.7)

208(52.5)

211(50.7)

 Female

422(48.2)

2(66.7)

27(44.3)

188(47.5)

205(49.3)

BMI, mean ± SD

29.6(5.6)

23.4(4.7)

29.9(6.7)

30.5(5.5)

28.7(5.2)

<0.001

Smoking status, n (%)

<0.001

 Current smoker

85(9.8)

0(0)

6(9.8)

53(13.5)

26(6.3)

 Ex-smoker

81(9.3)

0(0)

3(4.9)

21(5.3)

57(13.8)

 Non-smoker

705(80.9)

3(100)

52(85.2)

319(81.2)

331(80.0)

Duration of Diabetes, n (%)

<0.001

  ≤ 5 years

424(49.0)

2(66.7)

48(78.7)

240(60.9)

134(32.9)

 6-10

207(23.9)

1(33.3)

6(9.8)

91(23.1)

109(26.8)

 11-15

126(14.6)

0(0)

4(6.6)

42(10.7)

80(19.7)

 16-20

62(7.2)

0(0)

2(3.3)

16(4.1)

44(10.8)

 21-25

27(3.1)

0(0)

1(1.6)

4(1.0)

22(5.4)

 26-30

15(1.7)

0(0)

0(0)

1(0.3)

14(3.4)

 31-35

4(0.5)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

4(1.0)

Comorbid conditions, n (%)

 Known HTN

486(55.5)

1(33.3)

18(29.5)

178(44.9)

289(69.6)

<0.001

 Known Dyslipidemia

361(41.3)

0(0)

14(23.0)

158(39.9)

189(45.5)

0.003

 Known CAD

116(13.3)

0(0)

0(0)

24(6.1)

92(22.2)

<0.001

HbA1c, mean ± SD

8.6(2.2)

11.3(2.4)

8.7(2.3)

8.7(2.1)

8.5(2.1)

0.17

LDL (mg/dl), n (%)

0.015

  < 100

251(56.0)

0(0)

9(40.9)

102(50.2)

140(63.1)

  ≥ 100(high)

197(44.0)

1(100)

13(59.1)

101(49.8)

82(36.9)

HDL (mg/dl), n (%)

Female

0.31

  ≥ 50(normal)

50(27.3)

0(0)

1(10.0)

18(23.7)

31(32.3)

  < 50(low)

133(72.7)

1(100)

9(90.0)

58(76.3)

65(67.7)

Male

  < 40(low)

119(55.3)

0(0)

7(70.0)

63(58.9)

49(50.0)

0.28

  ≥ 40(normal)

96(44.7)

0(0)

3(30.0)

44(41.1)

49(50.0)

Triglyceride (mg/dl), n (%)

0.003

  < 150(acceptable)

218(50.3)

0(0)

10(47.6)

81(41.3)

127(59.1)

  ≥ 150(high)

215(49.7)

1(100)

11(52.4)

115(58.7)

88(40.9)

BP (mmHg), n (%)

<0.001

 On Target(<140/90)

505(57.8)

3(100)

34(55.7)

256(64.6)

212(51.2)

 High(either >140 or 90 or both)

369(42.2)

0(0)

27(44.3)

140(35.4)

202(48.8)