Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients under study according to T2DM^a

Age (y)

51.77 ± 7.73

47.45 \(\pm\) 8.17

51.77 \(\pm\) 7.73

< 0.001^*

Body mass index (kg/m²)

28.93 ± 4.62

27.71 \(\pm\) 4.73

28.93 \(\pm\) 4.62

< 0.001^*

Gender

 Male

3615 (40.00)

3129 (40.30)

486 (38.20)

0.15

 Female

5420 (60.00)

4633 (59.70)

787 (61.80)

Marital status

 Single

55 (0.60)

51 (0.70)

4 (0.30)

< 0.001^*

 Married

8418 (93.20)

7262 (93.60)

1156 (90.80)

 Divorced/widowed

562 (6.20)

449 (5.80)

113 (8.90)

Education level

 Illiterate

1155 (12.80)

927 (11.90)

228 (17.90)

< 0.001^*

 Lower than diploma

6815 (75.40)

5881 (75.80)

934 (73.40)

 Higher than diploma

1065 (11.80)

954 (12.30)

111 (8.70)

Hypertension

 No

6220 (69.00)

5589 (72.10)

631 (49.70)

< 0.001^*

 yes

2798 (31.00)

2159 (27.90)

639 (50.30)