Research Article

Insulin Resistance in relation to Hypertension and Dyslipidaemia among Men Clinically Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

General and sociodemographic characteristics stratified by HOMA-IR.

ParameterTotal () () () value

Age (years)0.872b
Marital status
 Married115 (95%)69 (94.5%)46 (95.8%)0.745a
 Single6 (5%)4 (5.5%)2 (4.2%)
Highest education
 Basic63 (52%)30 (41.1%)33 (68.8%)0.005a
 Secondary52 (43%)37 (50.7%)15 (31.3%)
 Tertiary6 (5%)6 (8.2%)0 (0%)
Exercise per week0.382b
Duration of diabetes (years)0.096b

Data is presented as proportions and . Categorical variables were compared using chi-squarea test and continuous variables using unpaired -testb.