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Table 1 Sociodemographic profile, duration of diabetes, medication history, comorbidities and complications of patients

From: Assessment of quality of life and its determinants in type-2 diabetes patients using the WHOQOL-BREF instrument in Bangladesh

Variables

n (%)

Age (years)

  Mean ± SD

55.85 ± 13.24

  Median (IQR)

55 (46 – 65)

  Age group

    16 – 30

12 (2.4)

    31 – 40

54 (10.8)

    41 – 50

131 (26.2)

    51 – 60

137 (27.4)

    61 – 70

112 (22.4)

  71 – 80

39 (7.8)

    > 80

15 (3.0)

Sex

  Female

254 (50.8)

  Male

246 (49.2)

Educationa

  Uneducated

110 (22.04)

  Up to higher secondary

282 (57.51)

  Graduate

80 (16.03)

  Postgraduate

27 (5.41)

Employmenta

  No job

131 (26.25)

  Part time

212 (42.48)

  Full time

111 (22.24)

  Retired

45 (9.02)

Monthly family Income (BDT)

  < 5000

84 (16.8)

  5000—25,000

296 (59.2)

  > 25,000

120 (24.0)

Duration of diabetes (years)

  Mean ± SD

11.27 ± 7.86

  Median (IQR)

10 (5 – 15)

Categories

  ≤ 10

268 (53.6)

  11 – 20

181 (36.2)

  > 20

51 (10.2)

Years passed without medication

  Mean ± SD

1.79 ± (3.26)

  Median (IQR)

0 (0 – 3)

  Categories

 

  None to < 1

311 (62.2)

  1—< 3

63 (12.6)

  3—< 5

45 (9.0)

  ≥ 5

81 (16.2)

Hypoglycemic agents usedb

  Metformin

47 (9.4)

  Sulfonylureas

21 (4.2)

  Alpha glucosidase

2 (0.4)

  DPP IV inhibitors

17 (3.4)

  Rapid-acting Insulin

184 (36.8)

  Intermediate-acting insulin

140 (28.0)

  Long-acting insulin

7 (1.4)

  Mixed insulin

109 (21.8)

Comorbiditiesb

  Hypertension

352 (70.4)

  Overweight/obesity

379 (76.0)

Complicationsb

  Microvascular complications

    Nephropathy

145 (29.0)

    Neuropathy

108 (21.6)

    Retinopathy

51 (10.2)

  Macrovascular complications

    Coronary artery disease

65 (13.0)

    Stroke

26 (5.2)

    Peripheral artery disease

21 (4.2)

    Diabetic foot

53 (10.6)

  Acute complication

    History of hypoglycemia

290 (58.0)

  Number of complications

    None

265 (53.0)

    One

115 (23.0)

    Two

56 (11.2)

    Three or more

64 (12.8)

  1. a After excluding missing values
  2. b Multiple response considered