Research Article
Comorbidities and Ethnocultural Factors Limit the Physical Activity of Rural Sri Lankan Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Sociodemographic variables of the sample.
| | Variables | Male | Female | Total |
| | (1) Gender | 113 (28.25%) | 287 (71.75%) | 400 | | (2) Age (years) | 56.4 (SD9.4) | 55.03 (SD 8.7) | 55.4 (SD 8.9) | | (3) Education | | Primary education only | 1 (0.25%) | 10 (2.5%) | 11 (2.75%) | | Up to O/L | 44 (11%) | 113 (28.25%) | 157 (39.25%) | | O/L completed | 37 (9.25%) | 91 (22.75%) | 128 (32%) | | A/L completed | 28 (7%) | 71 (17.75%) | 99 (24.75%) | | Graduate/postgraduate | 3 (0.75%) | 2 (0.5%) | 5 (1.25%) | | (4) Occupation | | Unemployed | 13 (3.25%) | 202 (50.5%) | 215 (53.75%) | | Retired | 37 (9.25%) | 28 (7%) | 65 (16.25%) | | Employed | 63 (15.75%) | 57 (14.25%) | 120 (30%) | | (5) Income: LKR (USD)/month | | <10,000.00 (65.7) | | | 225 | | 10,000–30,000 (65.7–197) | | | 144 | | 30,000–50,000 (197–328) | | | 23 | | >50,000 (>328) | | | 8 | | (6) Duration of DM (years) | 9.01 (SD 7.3) | 8.3 (SD 6.6) | 8.5 (SD 6.8) | | (7) BMI (kg/M2) | 24.7 (SD 3.4) | 26.3 (SD 4.2) | 25.8 (SD 4.1) | | (8) Waist circumference (cm) | 88.5 (SD 11.7) | 93.5 (SD 10.1) | 92.1 (SD 10.8) | | (9) HbA1c %, (mmol/mol) | 8.2 (SD1.9), (65) | 8.1 (SD 1.8), (66) | 8.2 (SD 1.86), (65) |
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