Table 1 Detailed sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients overall and stratified by gender (n = 220)
Variable | Total | Male | Female | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Age (years) | |||||||
  < 55 | 82 | 37.3 | 36 | 35.3 | 46 | 39.0 | 0.580 |
  ≥ 55 | 138 | 62.7 | 66 | 64.7 | 72 | 61.0 | |
 Median (Q1, Q3) |  |  | 58.5 (50.0, 66.0) | 56.0 (52.0, 64.0) | 0.598 | ||
Marital status | |||||||
 Single | 32 | 14.5 | 8 | 7.8 | 24 | 20.3 | 0.001 |
 Married | 156 | 70.9 | 85 | 83.3 | 71 | 60.2 | |
 Divorced/widowed | 32 | 14.5 | 9 | 8.8 | 23 | 19.5 | |
Employment | |||||||
 Unemployed | 139 | 63.2 | 38 | 37.3 | 101 | 85.6 | <  0.001 |
 Employed | 81 | 36.8 | 64 | 62.7 | 17 | 14.4 | |
Place of residence | |||||||
 Urban | 149 | 67.7 | 72 | 70.6 | 77 | 65.3 | 0.470 |
 Country side | 71 | 32.3 | 30 | 29.4 | 41 | 34.7 | |
Educational level | |||||||
 Some school | 165 | 75.0 | 75 | 73.5 | 90 | 76.3 | 0.755 |
 University | 55 | 25.0 | 27 | 26.5 | 28 | 23.7 | |
Monthly household income (Jordanian Dinar) | |||||||
  < 600 | 85 | 38.6 | 26 | 25.5 | 59 | 50.0 | 0.001 |
 600–1000 | 93 | 42.3 | 51 | 50.0 | 42 | 35.6 | |
  ≥ 1000 | 42 | 19.1 | 25 | 24.5 | 17 | 14.4 | |
Time elapsed since diagnosis (years) | |||||||
  < 7 | 104 | 47.3 | 48 | 47.1 | 56 | 47.5 | 1.000 |
  ≥ 7 | 116 | 52.7 | 54 | 52.9 | 62 | 52.5 | |
 Median (Q1, Q3) |  |  | 7.0 (4.0, 15.0) | 7.0 (4.0, 13.0) | 0.442 | ||
Has a health insurance | |||||||
 Yes | 175 | 79.5 | 81 | 79.4 | 94 | 79.7 | 1.000 |
 No | 45 | 20.5 | 21 | 20.6 | 24 | 20.3 | |
Has attended educational program regarding diabetes | |||||||
 Yes | 22 | 10.0 | 6 | 5.9 | 16 | 13.6 | 0.072 |
 No | 198 | 90.0 | 96 | 94.1 | 102 | 86.4 | |
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) | |||||||
  < 140 | 66 | 30.0 | 29 | 28.4 | 37 | 31.4 | 0.661 |
  ≥ 140 | 154 | 70.0 | 73 | 71.6 | 81 | 68.6 | |
 Median (Q1, Q3) |  |  | 150.0 (120.0, 180.0) | 150.0 (130.0, 180.0) | 0.703 | ||
Postprandial plasma glucose (mg/dL) | |||||||
  < 200 | 43 | 19.5 | 17 | 16.7 | 26 | 22.0 | 0.394 |
  ≥ 200 | 177 | 80.5 | 85 | 83.3 | 92 | 78.0 | |
 Median (Q1, Q3) |  |  | 240.0 (200.0, 300.0) | 220.0 (200.0, 250.0) | 0.185 | ||
HbA1c (%) | |||||||
  < 7 | 53 | 24.1 | 23 | 22.5 | 30 | 25.4 | 0.639 |
  ≥ 7 | 167 | 75.9 | 79 | 77.5 | 88 | 74.6 | |
 Median (Q1, Q3) |  |  | 7.8 (7.0, 8.8) | 7.5 (7.0, 8.5) | 0.467 | ||
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | |||||||
  < 25 | 45 | 20.5 | 20 | 19.6 | 25 | 21.2 | 0.867 |
  ≥ 25 | 175 | 79.5 | 82 | 80.4 | 93 | 78.8 | |
 Median (Q1, Q3) |  |  | 27.9 (25.7, 31.8) | 29.3 (25.4, 33.3) | 0.464 | ||