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Table 1 Demographic characteristic and baseline information of the participants in DehPCS, by self-reported diabetes situation

From: Socio-demographic correlates of diabetes self-reporting validity: a study on the adult Kurdish population

 

Total n

Diabetic n (%)

Non-diabetic n (%)

P-value

Gender

 Male

1735

151 (8.70)

1584 (91.30)

< 0.001

 Female

2241

372 (16.60)

1869 (83.40)

Age groups

 35–45

1773

149 (8.40)

1624 (91.60)

< 0.001

 46–60

1720

261 (15.17)

1459 (84.83)

  > 60

483

113 (23.40)

370 (76.60)

Marital status

 Married

3651

453 (12.41)

3198 (87.59)

< 0.001

 Single

325

70 (21.54)

255 (78.46)

Education years

 Illiterate

1245

262 (21.04)

983 (78.96)

< 0.001

 1–5

1110

142 (12.79)

968 (87.21)

 6–12

1113

78 (7.01)

1035 (92.99)

 University

508

41 (8.07)

467 (91.93)

Economic status

 Poorest

1344

149 (11.09)

1195 (88.91)

0.001

 Moderate

1300

165 (12.69)

1135 (87.31)

 Rich

1318

208 (15.78)

1110 (84.22)

BMI

 Normal weight

985

75 (7.61)

910 (92.39)

< 0.001

 Over-weight

1698

246 (14.49)

1452 (85.51)

 Obese

1281

201 (15.69)

1080 (84.31)

Cigarette smoking

 No smoker

3024

393 (13.00)

2631 (87.00)

< 0.001

 Ex-smoker

326

68 (20.86)

258 (79.14)

 Smoker

600

61 (10.17)

539 (89.83)

Drug use

 Yes

448

47 (10.49)

401 (89.51)

0.071

 No

3502

475 (13.56)

3027 (86.44)

Alcohol use

 Yes

481

45 (9.36)

436 (90.64)

0.008

 No

3470

477 (13.75)

2993 (86.25)

HTN

 Yes

839

182 (21.69)

657 (78.31)

< 0.001

 No

3137

341 (10.87)

2796 (89.13)

Family history of DM

 No

2436

234 (9.61)

2202 (90.39)

< 0.001

 Second degree

430

63 (14.65)

367 (85.35)

 First degree

1106

226 (20.43)

880 (79.57)