Research Article
Assessment of Gap between Knowledge and Practices among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Bangladesh
Table 1
Characteristics of patients (
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| | Characteristics | No. (%) |
| | Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 49.40 ± 8.9 | | Sex | | | Male | 290 (58) | | Female | 210 (42) | | Habitat | | | Urban | 411 (82) | | Semiurban | 76 (15) | | Rural | 13 (3) | | Education | | | Illiterate | 44 (9) | | Primary-secondary | 227 (45) | | Higher secondary-graduate | 164 (33) | | Postgraduate | 65 (13) | | Occupation | | | Service | 148 (30) | | Business | 114 (23) | | Homemaker | 181 (36) | | Others (unemployed, laborers, and farmer) | 57 (11) | | Family income (Tk) | | | Low-income group (≤5360) | 84 (17) | | Lower-middle-income group (5361–21270) | 246 (49) | | Upper-middle-income group (21271–65761) | 131 (26) | | High-income group (>65661) | 20 (4) | | Body mass index (mean ± SD, kg/m2) | 25.59 ± 3.9 | | Underweight (<18.5) | 6 (1) | | Acceptable risk (18.5–23) | 128 (26) | | Increased risk (23–27.5) | 231 (46) | | High risk (≥27.5) | 135 (27) | | Missing | 19 (3) | | HbA1 (%, mean ± SD) | 8.3 ± 1.7 | | Waist circumference (cm, mean ± SD) | 90.9 ± 9.4 | | Knowledge score (mean ± SD) | 15.3 ± 3.6 |
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