Research Article
The Prevalence and Pattern of Anaemia in Type 2 Diabetics in Ogbomosho, An Urban Community in Southwestern Nigeria
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of diabetics and nondiabetics respondents.
| | Variables | Subjects n (%) | Controls n (%) |
| | Age (years) | | <40 | 9 (17.0) | 44 (83.0) | | >40 | 132 (57.9) | 96 (42.1) |
| | Gender | | Male | 51 (47.7) | 56 (52.3) | | Female | 90 (51.7) | 84 (48.3) |
| | Ethnicity | | Yoruba | 137 (51.5) | 129 (48.5) | | Igbo | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | | Hausa | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | | Others | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) |
| | Education level | | No formal education | 37 (92.5) | 3 (7.5) | | Primary | 26 (72.2) | 10 (27.8) | | Secondary | 25 (73.5) | 9 (26.5) | | Higher institution | 43 (33.1) | 87 (66.9) | | Postgraduate | 8 (22.2) | 28 (77.8) | | Others | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) |
| | Occupation | | Unemployed | 2 (14.3) | 12 (85.7) | | Skilled worker | 55 (32.5) | 114 (67.5) | | Semiskilled | 59 (86.8) | 9 (13.2) | | Unskilled worker | 19 (79.2) | 5 (20.8) | | Retired | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0) |
| | Marital status | | Single | 7 (24.1) | 22 (75.9) | | Married | 87 (43.5) | 113 (56.5) | | Widowed | 47 (90.4) | 5 (9.6) |
| | Religion | | Christianity | 122 (49.0) | 127 (51.0) | | Islam | 19 (67.9) | 9 (32.1) | | Traditional | 0 (0) | 3 (100.0) | | Others | 0 (0) | 1 (100.0) |
| | Average monthly income | | <₦20,000 | 62 (68.1) | 29 (31.9) | | ₦21,000–₦40,000 | 24 (53.3) | 21 (46.7) | | >₦40,000 | 51 (36.4) | 89 (63.6) | | Retired | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0) |
| | Year diagnosed with the disease | | <5 | 68 (48.2) | 0 | | 5–10 | 38 (27.0) | 0 | | >10 | 35 (24.8) | 0 |
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