Research Article
Diabetes-Related Distress Assessment among Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Table 6
The mean ± SD of age and selected clinical and laboratory variables across the mild-moderate and highly distressed groups (regimen-related domain).
| Clinical/laboratory variables | Result of the total score (regimen-related domain) | Yes | No | value | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Age | 50 ± 15 | 59 ± 13 | <0.001 | Duration of DM in years | 11.47 ± 7.81 | 14.48 ± 8.91 | 0.026 | Weight in kg | 86.52 ± 21.94 | 83.27 ± 17.35 | 0.271 | Height in meter | 1.636 ± 0.096 | 1.640 ± 0.097 | 0.821 | BMI | 31.75 ± 10.66 | 30.81 ± 6.52 | 0.586 | Interval between visits | 5.4 ± 1.5 | 4.2 ± 1.8 | <0.001 | DBP | 76.85 ± 10.66 | 74.98 ± 11.29 | 0.279 | SBP | 131.28 ± 19.41 | 131.86 ± 20.70 | 0.854 | HabA1c | 9.19 ± 1.93 | 8.55 ± 1.95 | 0.071 | Triglyceride | 1.78 ± 1.34 | 1.57 ± 1.17 | 0.345 | Cholesterol | 4.76 ± 0.95 | 4.40 ± 1.09 | 0.071 | HDL | 1.12 ± 0.31 | 1.03 ± 0.29 | 0.105 | LDL | 2.93 ± 0.80 | 2.64 ± 0.93 | 0.098 | Microalbuminuria | 33.96 ± 123.04 | 20.00 ± 79.28 | 0.402 |
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