Health Related Quality of Life among Omani Men and Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

Clinical characteristics and total QOL and health state among men and women.

Variables	Categories	Men QoL		Women QoL		Men health state		Women health state
		Mean	Sig/	Mean	Sig/	Mean	Sig/	Mean	Sig/
Duration	0–9	8.81	0.000	8.98	0.002	70.70	0.013	70.00	0.001
	10–19	10.15		10.73		69.55		72.14
	20 & above	10.95		10.36		62.89		63.80
Self-care activities	0–3 days/week	9.80	0.589	10.02	0.848	69.94	0.226	68.68	0.035
	4–7 days/week	9.60		10.11		67.82		72.18
Prior diabetes education	No	10.46	0.002	10.58	0.056	66.70	0.036	67.15	0.002
	Yes	9.32		9.68		70.43		72.12
Medication	OH	10.09	0.002	10.40	0.003	69.55	0.686	70.04	0.003
	Insulin	9.03		8.72		68.44		70.16
	OH and insulin	8.20		0		67.00		0
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	<18.5/Underweight	9.75	0.875	10.00	0.885	66.25	0.007	76.25	0.390
	18.5–24.9/Healthy weight	9.78		9.98		67.45		70.24
	25.0–29.9/Overweight	9.58		10.23		73.14		69.15
HbA1c	<7%	9.52	0.371	9.76	0.174	69.54	0.708	70.95	0.241
	>7%	9.84		10.40		68.88		69.04

is the level of significance (sig).