Table 1

Baseline study characteristics (n = 3522, aged 18–97 years).

Variables
HbA1C < 7% n = 835(%)
HbA1C ≥ 7 n = 2688 (%)
Total No (%)
P value

Gender
Men
383 (22.8)
1299 (77.2)
1676(47.6)
0.282

Women
442 (24.3)
1374 (75.7)
1816 (51.5)

Age
55.14 ± 12.96
53.35 ± 12.73
53.78 ± 12.81
0.622
Smoker
141 (19.4)
585 (80.6)
726(20.6)
0.002
Qualification
5.31 ± 5.80
5.01 ± 5.63
5.08 ± 5.67
0.401
Address
Urban
518 (24.2)
1624 (75.8)
2142(60.8)
0.408

Rural
317 (23.0)
1063 (77.0)
1380(39.2)

Weight -kg-(mean ± SD)
76.84 ± 16.32
75.79 ± 17.12
76.04 ± 16.94
0.122
Waist -cm-(mean ± SD)
98.96 ± 12.4
98.3 ± 13.0
98.4 ± 12.9
0.371
BMI
28.09 ± 5.55
27.53 ± 5.62
27.6 ± 5.6
0.988
Waist-hip ratio (mean ± SD)
0.94 ± 0.06
0.94 ± 0.07
0.94 ± .07
0.030
Waist-to-height ratio (mean ± SD)
0.59 ± 0.07
0.59 ± .08
0.59 ± .08
0.903
Type of diabetes
Type 1 diabetes
11 (8.7)
116 (91.3)
127(3.6)
< 0.0001

Type 2 diabetes
824 (24.3)
2571(75.7)
3395(96.4)

Therapy
Oral *
744 (26.7)
2044 (73.3)
2788 (79.2)
< 0.0001

Insulin ± oral
91 (12.4)
643 (87.6)
734(20.8)
< 0.0001
Hypertension
277 (24.5)
855 (75.5)
1132(32.1)
0.471
Coronary heart disease
55 (21.7)
198 (78.3)
253 (7.2)
0.490
Cerebrovascular disease
44 (29.3)
106 (70.7)
150(4.3)
0.116
Proteinuria
48 (25.7)
139 (74.3)
187(5.3)
0.536

* Oral including metformin was used for all except in few with high creatinine or type 1 diabetes.

Mansour Conflict and Health 2008 2:7   doi:10.1186/1752-1505-2-7

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