Research Article
Determinants of Diabetic Nephropathy among Diabetic Patients in General Public Hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018/19
Table 2
Health profile of the study participants on follow-up at public hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019.
| | Variable | Category | Controls (n = 642) | Cases (n = 168) | Total (n = 840) |
| | Duration with DM | Mean (±SD) | 6.05 (±2.69) | 16.42 (±4.85) | | | Membership EDA | Yes | 599 (89.1%) | 129 (76.8%) | 728 (86.7%) | | No | 311 (46.3%) | 36 (21.4%) | 347 (41.3%) | | Medication take | Oral hypoglycemic | 527 (78.4%) | 138 (82.1%) | 665 (79.2%) | | Insulin | 37 (5.5%) | 3 (1.8%) | 40 (4.8%) | | Both | 108 (16.1%) | 27 (16.1%) | 135 (16.1%) | | Family history | Yes | 141 (21.0%) | 70 (41.7%) | 211 (25.1%) | | No | 531 (79.0%) | 98 (58.3%) | 629 (74.9%) | | Type of DM | Type one | 168 (25%) | 27 (16.1%) | 195 (23.2%) | | Type two | 504 (75.0%) | 141 (83.9%) | 645 (76.8%) | | Comorbidity | Yes | 361 (53.7%) | 132 (78.6%) | 493 (58.7%) | | No | 311 (46.3%) | 36 (21.4%) | 347 (41.3%) | | Hypertension | Yes | 113 (16.8%) | 95 (56.5%) | 208 (24.8%) | | No | 559 (83.2%) | 73 (43.5%) | 632 (75.2%) | | BMI status | Normal | 381 (56.7%) | 77 (45.8)% | 458 (54.5%) | | Overweight | 67 (10.0%) | 19 (11.3%) | 86 (10.2%) | | Obese | 224 (33.3%) | 72 (42.9%) | 296 (35.2%) |
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