Association of Self-Reported Dietary and Drug Compliance with Optimal Metabolic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Clinic-Based Single-Center Study in a Developing Country

Table 4

Comparison of characteristics between patients with and without optimal glucose and LDL cholesterol control.

Variable	Patients with good metabolic control	Patients without good metabolic control	value
Age (years)	58 (9)	55 (11)	0.13
Duration (years)	8 (2)	10 (3)	0.11
Dietary compliance	8 (1)	7 (2)	0.01
Drug compliance	9.8 (1)	9.4 (1)	0.02
Gender (male)	28 (58%)	85 (54%)	0.64
Number of pills	6 (2)	8 (2)	0.12

Data are mean (SD) or (%).