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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, disaggregated by control levels for diabetes and hypertension (Mysore city, Karnataka state, India), 2018

From: Socio-demographic, behavioural and clinical factors influencing control of diabetes and hypertension in urban Mysore, South India: a mixed-method study conducted in 2018

Variables

Diabetes

Hypertension

Good control

Fair/poor control

Controlled

Uncontrolled

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

HbA1c

63 (29.03)

154 (70.97)

-

-

SBP/DBP

-

-

145 (58.7)

102 (41.3)

Mean (Std. dev.) Age

59.41 (11.38)

55.80 (10.74)

58.45 (11.93)

56.77 (10.44)

Gender

 Male

32 (30.77)

72 (69.23)

58 (58.59)

41 (41.41)

 Female

31 (27.43)

82 (72.57)

87 (58.78)

61 (41.22)

Caste

 OBC/Others

55 (29.1)

134 (70.9)

116 (56.31)

90 (43.69)

 SC/ST

8 (28.57)

20 (71.43)

29 (70.73)

12 (29.27)

Education

 No schooling

20 (28.99)

49 (71.01)

53 (62.35)

32 (37.65)

 Till 10th standard

27 (25.23)

80 (74.77)

64 (55.65)

51 (44.35)

 11th and above standard

16 (39.02)

25 (60.98)

28 (59.57)

19 (40.43)

Employment

 Unemployed

40 (30.08)

93 (69.92)

107 (61.85)

66 (38.15)

 Employed

23 (27.38)

61 (72.62)

38 (51.35)

36 (48.65)

Duration of disease

  < 5 years

34 (38.2)

55 (61.8)

56 (58.33)

40 (41.67)

 5 to < 10 years

12 (26.09)

34 (73.91)

34 (56.67)

26 (43.33)

 10 years and above

17 (20.73)

65 (79.27)

55 (60.44)

36 (39.56)

Presence of co-morbidity

 No

58 (31.69)

125 (68.31)

122 (58.1)

88 (41.9)

 Yes

5 (14.71)

29 (85.29)

23 (62.16)

14 (37.84)

BMI status

 Normal

21 (31.82)

45 (68.18)

48 (76.19)

15 (23.81)

 Over weight/Obese

42 (27.81)

109 (72.19)

97 (52.72)

87 (47.28)

Fruits and veggies intake

 No fruits and vegetables

24 (38.1)

63 (72.41)

44 (52.38)

40 (47.62)

 < 3 Servings

34 (33.01)

69 (66.99)

77 (60.16)

51 (39.84)

 3 and more servings

5 (18.52)

22 (81.48)

24 (68.57)

11 (31.43)

Physical Activity

 Appropriate

29 (24.37)

90 (75.63)

86 (63.24)

50 (36.76)

 Inappropriate

34 (34.69)

64 (65.31)

59 (53.15)

52 (46.85)

Consumption of alcohol

 No

51 (28.18)

130 (71.82)

134 (60.63)

87 (39.37)

 Yes

12 (33.33)

24 (66.67)

11 (42.31)

15 (57.69)

Consumption of tobacco

 No

61 (31.44)

133 (68.56)

135 (58.44)

96 (41.56)

 Yes

2 (8.7)

21 (91.3)

10 (62.5)

6 (37.5)

  1. Note: Age-standardised cut-offs were considered for HbA1c and blood pressure levels; HbA1c < 7 among adults < 65 years, and HbA1c < 7.5% among elderly 65 years and above are considered as good control. SBP < 150 mm of Hg and DBP < 90 mm of Hg among people ≥ 60 years of age and SBP < 140 mm of Hg and DBP < 90 mm of Hg among people < 60 years of age are considered good control. Caste- OBC as Other Backwards Classes, Others as any other classes; SC as Schedule Caste and ST as Schedule tribe