| Variable | n | % | M | SD | P50 | Min | Max | ||
| Age | -- | -- | 54.8 | 11.5 | 55 | 19 | 85 | ||
| Gender | Male | 359 | 45.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Female | 434 | 54.7 | |||||||
| Marital status | Single | 44 | 5.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Married | 650 | 82 | |||||||
| Divorced | 11 | 1.4 | |||||||
| Widow | 88 | 11 | |||||||
| Level of education | >High school | 194 | 24.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| High school | 165 | 20.9 | |||||||
| Diploma | 153 | 19.3 | |||||||
| Baccalaureate | 213 | 26.9 | |||||||
| Graduate | 67 | 8.5 | |||||||
| Working status | Not working | 285 | 35.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Full time job | 236 | 22.8 | |||||||
| Part-time job | 44 | 5.5 | |||||||
| Retired | 228 | 28.7 | |||||||
| Type of treatment | Diet | 20 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Oral medication | 472 | 59.5 | |||||||
| Insulin | 112 | 14.1 | |||||||
| Oral medication & insulin | 188 | 23.7 | |||||||
| Diabetic complications | None | 373 | 47 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Hypertension | 264 | 33.3 | |||||||
| Retinopathy | 39 | 4.9 | |||||||
| Nephropathy | 2 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Amputation | 5 | 0.6 | |||||||
| Others | 109 | 13.7 | |||||||
| Smoking status | Smoker | 124 | 15.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Ex-smoker | 80 | 10.1 | |||||||
| Non-smoker | 589 | 74.3 | |||||||
| Duration of diagnosis with diabetes mellitus | -- | -- | 85.7 | 82.1 | 60 | 2 | 420 | ||
| HbA1C | -- | -- | 7.5 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 | 68 | ||
| Duration of insulin treatment | -- | -- | 16.5 | 38.1 | 0 | 0 | 360 | ||