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Table 2 Characteristics of the diabetes patients (%)

From: Health-related quality of life in diabetic patients and controls without diabetes in refugee camps in the Gaza strip: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Male N = 104

Female N = 93

p-value Chi-square

Type of diabetes

  

0.75

   Type 1

7.2

8.1

 

   Type 2

92.8

91.9

 

Duration of diabetes (since first diagnosis)

  

0.23

   < 1 year

8.2

3.8

 

   2–5 years

34.1

31.7

 

   6–10 years

33.7

39.8

 

   > 10 years

24.0

24.7

 

Complications

  

<0.001

   None

58.7

30.1

 

   Major one

   

Retinopathy

10.6

17.7

 

Nephropathy

3.8

9.7

 

Neuropathy

4.3

9.7

 

Diabetic foot

4.8

12.9

 

   Two or more

17.8

19.9

 

Treatment for diabetes

  

0.014

   Pills

54.8

51.1

 

   Insulin

15.9

18.8

 

   Pills + Insulin

16.8

25.3

 

   Diet only

12.5

4.8