Influencing Factors of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice regarding Medical Nutrition Therapy in Patients with Diabetes: A National Cross-Sectional Study in Urban China

Table 1

General characteristics of the patients.

Category	Subcategory	Data
Total number		6441
Age (y)
	18–65, (%)	3995 (62.02)
	65-, (%)	2446 (37.98)
Gender	Female, (%)	3061 (47.53)
	Male, (%)	3380 (52.47)
BMI
	<24, (%)	2791 (43.33)
	24-, (%)	3650 (56.67)
Duration (y)
	1–10, (%)	3995 (62.04)
	10-, (%)	2444 (37.96)
Educational status	Middle school or below, (%)	2690 (41.76)
	Senior high school, (%)	1517 (23.55)
	Junior college, (%)	1075 (16.69)
	Undergraduate or above, (%)	1159 (18.00)
Occupation	Retiree, (%)	3763 (58.42)
	In service, (%)	2005 (31.13)
	Others, (%)	690 (10.71)
Diagnosis	Type 1 diabetes, (%)	161 (2.50)
	Type 2 diabetes, (%)	6098 (94.67)
	Other types of diabetes, (%)	33 (0.51)
	Prediabetes, (%)	149 (2.31)
MNT education experience	Yes, (%)	3450 (53.56)
	No, (%)	2991 (46.44)
FBG (mmol/L)
	<6. (%)	21.2
2h-PG (mmol/L)
	<7. (%)	12.1
HbA1c (%)
	<7. (%)	38.92
BP (mmHg)		3
	<140/9 (%)	77.35

reference values for HbA1c and the classification of BMI were according to the directions of “China Guideline For Type 2 Diabetes” (2013) [15].