Association of Demographic Variables with the Awareness of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients (T2DM) among the Northwest Population in Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Demographics of the study population.

Parameter	Number of patients	% of patients
Gender
Male	52	52
Female	48	48
Age
Late adulthood (51 to 64)	69	69
Young old age (65 to 74)	31	31
Duration of diabetes
5 to 10 years	46	46
10 to 15 years	43	43
More than 15 years	11	11
Education
Illiteracy	9	9
Primary	25	25
High school	58	58
College	8	8
Social history
Smokers	30	30
Nonsmokers	70	70
Occupation
Workers	39	39
Nonworkers	61	61