Research Article
Evaluation of Sociodemographic Factors among Diabetic Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in Kisii Referral Hospital, Kenya
Table 1
Sociodemographic factors associated with UTI among noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
| Variables | Frequency | (%) | Positive UTI cases | (%) |
| Gender | Male | 107 | (59.4) | 24 | (64.9) | Female | 73 | (40.6) | 13 | (35.1) |
| Age in years | 50–54 | 11 | (6.1) | 0 | (0) | 55–59 | 139 | (77.2) | 25 | (18) | 60–64 | 26 | (14.4) | 12 | (46.2) | 65–69 | 4 | (2.2) | 0 | (0) |
| Highest level of education | Primary school | 16 | (8.9) | 6 | (37.5) | Secondary school | 39 | (21.7) | 10 | (25.6) | Tertiary institution | 125 | (69.4) | 21 | (16.8) |
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