Table 1 Baseline study characteristics (n = 3522, aged 18–97 years).
From: Patients' opinion on the barriers to diabetes control in areas of conflicts: The Iraqi example
Variables | HbA1C < 7% n = 835(%) | HbA1C ≥ 7 n = 2688 (%) | Total No (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Men | 383 (22.8) | 1299 (77.2) | 1676(47.6) | 0.282 |
Women | 442 (24.3) | 1374 (75.7) | 1816 (51.5) | ||
Age | 55.14 ± 12.96 | 53.35 ± 12.73 | 53.78 ± 12.81 | 0.622 | |
Smoker | 141 (19.4) | 585 (80.6) | 726(20.6) | 0.002 | |
Qualification | 5.31 ± 5.80 | 5.01 ± 5.63 | 5.08 ± 5.67 | 0.401 | |
Address | Urban | 518 (24.2) | 1624 (75.8) | 2142(60.8) | 0.408 |
Rural | 317 (23.0) | 1063 (77.0) | 1380(39.2) | ||
Weight -kg-(mean ± SD) | 76.84 ± 16.32 | 75.79 ± 17.12 | 76.04 ± 16.94 | 0.122 | |
Waist -cm-(mean ± SD) | 98.96 ± 12.4 | 98.3 ± 13.0 | 98.4 ± 12.9 | 0.371 | |
BMI | 28.09 ± 5.55 | 27.53 ± 5.62 | 27.6 ± 5.6 | 0.988 | |
Waist-hip ratio (mean ± SD) | 0.94 ± 0.06 | 0.94 ± 0.07 | 0.94 ± .07 | 0.030 | |
Waist-to-height ratio (mean ± SD) | 0.59 ± 0.07 | 0.59 ± .08 | 0.59 ± .08 | 0.903 | |
Type of diabetes | Type 1 diabetes | 11 (8.7) | 116 (91.3) | 127(3.6) | < 0.0001 |
Type 2 diabetes | 824 (24.3) | 2571(75.7) | 3395(96.4) | ||
Therapy | Oral * | 744 (26.7) | 2044 (73.3) | 2788 (79.2) | < 0.0001 |
Insulin ± oral | 91 (12.4) | 643 (87.6) | 734(20.8) | < 0.0001 | |
Hypertension | 277 (24.5) | 855 (75.5) | 1132(32.1) | 0.471 | |
Coronary heart disease | 55 (21.7) | 198 (78.3) | 253 (7.2) | 0.490 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | 44 (29.3) | 106 (70.7) | 150(4.3) | 0.116 | |
Proteinuria | 48 (25.7) | 139 (74.3) | 187(5.3) | 0.536 | |