Research Article
Factors Associated with Long-Term Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Sociodemographic and health risk factors.
| Variable | Categories | (%) | HbA1c | |
| Age (year) | 28–49 | (30.2%) | 9 | 0.011 | 50–64 | (51.4%) | 8.7 | 64–83 | (18.4%) | 7.7 |
| Sex | Male | (50.3%) | 8.5 | 0.083 | Female | (49.7%) | 8.9 |
| Marital status | Divorced | (2.4%) | 11.5 | 0.005 | Single | (5.6%) | 9.5 | Widowed | (12.5%) | 9.4 | Married | (79.5%) | 8.5 |
| Education level | Illiterate | (12.5%) | 9.2 | 0.032 | Read and write | (11.5%) | 9.1 | Elementary school level | (14.2%) | 8.9 | Intermediate school level | (14.6%) | 8.8 | Secondary school level | (19.8%) | 8.2 | University level | (29.4%) | 8.1 |
| Occupation | Unemployed | (2.1%) | 8.8 | 0.691 | Employed | (36.5%) | 8.3 | Retired | (23.3%) | 8.7 | Homemaker | (35.8%) | 8.9 | Businessman | (1.4%) | 8.9 | Disabled | (1%) | 7.6 |
| Smoking history | Smoker | (21.9%) | 9.4 | 0.031 | Ex-smoker | (0.7%) | 8.6 | Nonsmoker | (77.4%) | 8.5 |
| Duration of diabetes (year) | ≥7 | (42.4%) | 9.1 | 0.001 | >7 | (57.6%) | 7.5 |
| Other chronic diseases or diabetes complications | Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) | (3.1%) | 11.5 | 0.020 | Hypertension (HTN) | (56.2) | 8.8 | Asthma | (2.1%) | 8.8 | No other chronic disease or diabetes complications | (38.6%) | 8.5 |
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