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Table 1 Participants anthropometry and general characteristics

From: Association of household socioeconomic status, neighborhood support system and adherence to dietary recommendation among persons with T2DM, a facility-based cross-sectional study in Ghana

Variable

Means (SD)

N (%)

Adherence to dietary recommendation

32.56 (9.61)

 

Age (years)

58.10 (9.70)

 

BMI (Kg/m2)

23.14 (2.92)

 

Duration lived with diabetes (years)

4.90 (5.40)

 

Sex

 Male

 

154 (29.1)

 Female

 

376 (70.9)

Marital status

 Married

 

340 (64.2)

 Single

 

20 (3.8)

 Widow

 

107 (20.2)

 Divorce

 

63 (11.9)

Place of Residence

 Village

 

39 (7.4)

 Town

 

404 (76.2)

 City

 

87 (16.4)

Educational Level

 No education

 

202 (38.1)

 Primary

 

85 (16.0)

 Junior High

 

132 (24.9)

 Senior High

 

67 (12.6)

 Training College

 

21 (4.0)

 Polytechnic

 

10 (1.9)

 University

 

13 (2.5)

  1. Means (SD) mean (standard deviation), N (%) number (percentage)