Diabetes Prevention: Knowledge and Perception of Risk among Italian Population

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and selected information about the study population.

	N	%
Sex
Male	241	45.7
Female	286	54.3
Age	44.4 ± 7.7	(28–72)^+
≤40	164	31.1
>40	363	68.9
Marital status
Married	480	8.8
Other	46	91.2
Educational level
No formal education, elementary, or middle school	192	36.8
High school	226	43.3
College degree or higher	109	19.9
Number of children
1	85	16.5
>1	441	83.5
Employment status
Unemployed	207	40.1
Employed	309	59.9
BMI
<25	253	48.1
≥25	274	51.9
Medication use
No	390	74.3
Yes	135	25.7
Smoking status
No smokers	246	47.0
Ex-smokers	107	20.4
Smokers	171	32.6
At least one chronic disease
No	339	64.7
Yes	185	35.3
Having close relatives with diabetes
No	372	72.1
Yes	144	27.9
Perception of personal health status
≤7	226	43
≥8	300	57

Mean ± Standard deviation (range). Number for each item may not add up to total number of study population due to missing value.