Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of T2DM patients, Debre Tabor, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variable	Categories	Frequency/	Percent
Age (years)^c
Sex	Male	172	61.4
	Female	108	38.6
Residence	Urban	197	70.4
	Rural	83	29.6
Educational status	Cannot read and write	97	34.6
	Read and write	57	20.4
	Elementary (1-8)	48	17.2
	High school and above	78	27.9
Occupation	Farmer	44	15.7
	Government employee	93	33.2
	Merchant	72	25.7
	Housewife	62	22.1
	Other	9	3.2
DM duration (year)	<10	119	42.5
	10-19	141	50.4
	≥20+	20	7.1
BMI (kg/m^2)	Normal	18	6.4
	Overweight	205	73.2
	Obese	57	20.4
Type of antidiabetic drug	OH	215	76.8
	Insulin	21	7.5
	Both OH and insulin	44	15.7
HbA1c (%)^c
Cigarette smoking	Nonsmoker	220	78.6
	Ex-smoker	39	13.9
	Current smoker	21	7.5
History of HTN self-reported	Yes	146	52.1
	No	134	47.9
Current hypertension (high blood pressure)	Yes	160	57.1
	No	120	42.9

Other = daily laborer, nongovernmental organization workers; ^ccontinuous variables expressed as the ; OH = oral hypoglycemic agent.