Research Article
Dietary Practice among Type 2 Diabetic Ppatients in Southern Ethiopia
Table 2
Health- and treatment-related characteristics of diabetic patients attending follow-up at Arba Minch General Hospital, South Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 352).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (n = 352) | Percent |
| Duration of diabetes | ≤5 year | 193 | 54.8 | >5 year | 159 | 45.2 |
| Comorbidity | Yes | 138 | 39.2 | No | 214 | 60.8 |
| Current medication | Insulin injection | 74 | 21.0 | Oral medication | 244 | 69.3 | Both | 27 | 7.7 | Diet alone | 7 | 2.0 |
| Regularly attended a diabetic education | Yes | 228 | 64.8 | No | 124 | 35.2 |
| Got nutrition education | Yes | 312 | 88.6 | No | 40 | 11.4 |
| Despondency | Yes | 184 | 52.3 | No | 168 | 47.7 |
| Member of Ethiopian diabetic association | Yes | 182 | 51.7 | No | 170 | 48.3 |
| Body mass index | Underweight | 11 | 3.1 | Normal | 123 | 34.9 | Overweight | 134 | 38.1 | Obese | 84 | 23.9 |
| Central obesity | Normal | 101 | 28.7 | Obese | 251 | 71.3 |
| Members of Ethiopian diabetic association | Yes | 182 | 51.7 | No | 170 | 48.3 |
| Glycemic control | Adequate glycemic control | 63 | 17.9 | Inadequate glycemic control | 289 | 82.1 |
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