Research Article
Association of HLA-B Gene Polymorphisms with Type 2 Diabetes in Pashtun Ethnic Population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Table 3
Sociodemographic features of cases and controls.
| | Variables | Case | Control | value |
| | Gender | | | 0.061 | | Male | 65 (65.0%) | 77 (77.0%) | | Female | 35 (35.0%) | 23 (23.0%) | | Mean age (yrs) | | | 0.951 | | Mean weight (kg) | | | 0.104 | | Occupation | | | 0.112 | | Labour | 20 (20.0%) | 14 (14.0%) | | Govt servant | 13 (13.0%) | 21 (21.0%) | | Business man | 16 (16.0%) | 18 (18.0%) | | Farmer | 07 (7.00%) | 16 (16.0%) | | Housewife | 34 (34.0%) | 23 (23.0%) | | Driver | 10 (10.0%) | 08 (8.00%) | | Geographical area (district) | | | 0.145 | | Peshawar | 53 (53.0%) | 19 (19.0%) | | Charsadda | 13 (13.0%) | 53 (53.0%) | | Swat | 08 (8.00%) | 07 (7.00%) | | Dir | 05 (4.00%) | 05 (5.00%) | | Mardan | 12 (12.0%) | 10 (10.0%) | | Kohat | 06 (6.00%) | 03 (3.00%) | | Bannu | 03 (3.00%) | 03 (3.00%) | | Family history of T2D | | | 0.01 | | Yes | 94 (94.0%) | 0.0 (0.00%) | | No | 06 (6.00%) | 100 (100%) | | Exercise | | | 0.016 | | Nonexercising | 85 (85.0%) | 89 (89.0%) | | Walking | 14 (14.0%) | 04 (4.00%) | | Jogging | 01 (1.00%) | 05 (5.00%) | | Gym/sport | 0.0 (0.0%) | 02 (2.00%) | | Smoking | | | 0.178 | | Cigarette | 19 (19.0%) | 10 (10.0%) | | Snuff | 21 (21.0%) | 26 (26.0%) | | Nonsmoking | 60 (60.0%) | 64 (64.0%) | | Diet control/compliance | | | 0.03 | | Yes | 50 (50.0%) | 90 (90.0%) | | No | 50 (50.0%) | 10 (10.0%) |
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kg: kilogram; yrs: years; T2D: type 2 diabetes; : number (frequency). |
