Research Article
Prescription Practice for Diabetes Management among a Female Population in Primary Health Care
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the study population (
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| Category | Value (%) |
| Age distribution, in years | | 11–20 | 1 (0.6) | 21–30 | 2 (1.3) | 31–40 | 16 (10.0) | 41–50 | 34 (21.3) | 51–60 | 66 (41.3) | >60 | 31 (19.4) | Nationality | | Saudi | 133 (83.1) | Non-Saudi | 27 (16.9) | Smoking history | | Unknown | 122 (76.3) | Not smoking | 32 (23.8) | Comorbid conditions | | Hypertension | 79 (49.4) | Dyslipidemia | 72 (45.0) | Thyroid disorder | 23 (14.4) | Diabetic complications | | Retinopathy | 9 (5.6) | Neuropathy | 6 (3.8) | Stroke | 3 (1.9) | Ischemic heart disease | 1 (0.6) | Blood pressure (mmHg) | | Systolic BP > 130 | 56 (35.0) | Systolic BP 140 | 39 (24.4) | Diastolic BP > 80 | 33 (20.6) | BMI (value), kg/ | | Normal (18–25) | 3 (3) | Overweight (25.1–29.9) | 17 (16.8) | Mild obesity (30–34.9) | 33 (32.6) | Moderate obesity (35–39.9) | 40 (40) | Morbid obesity (≥40) | 8 (8) | Fundus examination | 49 (30.9) | Health education | 48 (30.0) | Laboratory results ( = number of participants that had the test) | | HBA1c >8.0 () | 23 (20.9) | Serum creatinine >135 umol/L () | None | Albuminuria positive () | 5 (13.2) | Cholesterol ≥ 5.2 mmol/L () | 37 (30.5) | LDL 2.6 mmol/L () | 65 (69.2) | HDL 1.3 mmol/L () | 58 (64.4) | Triglyceride 1.7 mmol/L () | 14 (11.9) |
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