Research Article
Awareness of Vaccination against Respiratory Tract Diseases, Including Pneumonia, Influenza, and COVID-19 in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Summary of the demographic and biochemical data of the patients.
| Patients (N = 424) |
| Sex: F/M | 256/168 | Age (mean, years) | 53.6 ± 12.86 | Duration of diabetes mellitus (mean, years) | 10.9 ± 8.6 | Serum level of HbA1c (mean, mg/dl) | 8.16 ± 1.96 |
| Educational status, N (%) | Illiterate, 29 (6.8%) | Elementary school, 192 (45.3%) | Middle school, 64 (15.1%) | High school, 79 (18.6%) | University, 60 (14.2%) |
| Type of diabetes, N (%) | Type 1 | 39 (9.2%) | Type 2 | 385 (90.8%) |
| Type of the treatment, N (%) | Diet | 26 (6.1%) | OAD | 191 (45%) | Insulin | 94 (22.2%) | OAD + insulin | 113 (26.7%) |
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