Prevalence and factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension among the hill tribe elderly populations in northern Thailand

Table 6 Comparison on knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding health among tribes

KAP			Tribe												χ²	p-value
	Total		Akha		Lahu		Hmong		Yao		Karen		Lisu
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	377	100.0	60	15.9	76	20.2	46	12.2	70	18.6	73	19.4	52	13.8
Knowledge
Low	61	16.2	15	24.6	13	21.3	10	16.4	8	13.1	5	8.2	10	16.4	15.07	0.129
Moderate	167	44.3	24	14.4	33	19.8	21	12.6	38	22.8	31	18.6	20	12.0
High	149	39.5	21	14.1	30	20.1	15	10.1	24	16.1	37	24.8	22	14.8
Attitude
Low	53	14.1	12	22.6	5	9.4	14	26.4	14	26.4	4	7.5	5	9.4	38.04	< 0.001*
Moderate	250	66.3	44	17.6	55	22.0	25	10.0	42	16.8	44	17.6	40	16.0
High	74	19.6	4	5.4	16	21.6	7	9.5	14	18.9	25	33.8	8	10.8
Practice
Low	47	12.5	3	6.4	8	17.0	10	21.3	9	19.1	8	17.0	9	19.1	10.51	0.397
Moderate	267	70.8	44	16.5	56	21.0	27	10.1	49	18.4	54	20.2	37	13.9
High	63	16.7	13	20.6	12	19.0	9	14.3	12	19.0	11	17.5	6	9.5

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