Effects of an Outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Education on Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in China: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

General information about the sample ().

Item	CG ()	IG ()
Age (years)			0.20
Disease course (years)			0.58
Weight (kg)			-1.93
Male : female	17 : 13	16 : 14	0.07
Education (years)			-0.14
Urban : rural	11 : 19	15 : 15	1.09
Physically active : inactive	5 : 25	3 : 27	0.58
Smoker : nonsmoker	1 : 29	3 : 27	1.07
Insulin injection : OADs	4 : 21	5 : 23	0.03

CG: control group; IG: intervention group; OADs: oral antidiabetic agents.