Prevalence of and factors associated with suboptimal glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending public hospitals in the Greater Male’ Region, Maldives: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 General characteristics of participants

Characteristics	Total		Suboptimal glycemic control				χ²	p-value
	Total		Yes		No
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	341	100.0	173	50.7	168	49.3	N/A	A/A
Sex
Female	224	65.7	113	50.5	111	49.6	0.02	0.884
Male	117	34.3	60	51.3	57	48.7	0.02	0.884
Age (years)
≤40	137	40.2	57	41.6	80	58.4	8.25	0.016*
40–60	145	42.5	85	58.6	60	41.4
≥60	59	17.30	31	52.5	28	47.5
Min = 25, Max = 79, Mean = 55., and SD = 11.5
Education
No schooling	151	44.3	77	51.0	74	49.0	15.34	0.002*
Primary school	92	27.0	33	35.9	59	64.1
Secondary school	50	14.7	32	64.0	18	36.0
Tertiary school	48	14.1	31	64.6	17	35.4
Marital status
Single	89	26.1	44	49.4	45	50.6	6.94	0.031*
Married	144	42.2	84	58.3	60	41.7
Ever married	108	31.7	45	41.7	63	58.3
Occupation
Unemployed	169	49.6	74	43.8	95	56.2	8.90	0.031*
Government employee	92	27.0	49	53.3	43	46.7
Private sector employee	61	17.9	40	65.6	21	34.4
Self-employed	19	5.6	10	52.6	9	47.4
Monthly income (MVR)
No income	171	50.2	77	45.0	94	55.0	4.65	0.199
≤ 10,000	90	26.4	52	57.8	38	42.2
10,001–20,000	61	17.9	34	55.7	27	44.3
≥ 20,001	19	5.6	10	52.6	9	47.4
Min = 1,000, Max = 50,000, Median = 10,000, and IQR = 7,000
Family members
Alone	89	26.1	45	50.6	44	49.4	2.23	0.329
≤ 5	102	29.9	46	45.1	56	54.9
˃ 5	150	44.0	82	54.7	68	45.3
Living with
Alone	77	22.6	34	44.2	43	55.8	5.17	0.160
Child	55	16.1	26	47.3	29	52.7
Relatives	46	13.5	20	43.5	26	56.5
Spouse	163	47.8	93	57.1	70	42.9

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