Table 4

- Characteristics of study sample, by diabetes numeracy test (DNT-15) (n=279).

Characteristics	DNT-15 score (Mean)	SD	P-value
Age (years)
<30 31-45	41.10 42.81	21.01 26.15	0.902
>45	41.61	21.92
Gender
Male	43.39	21.59	0.226
Female	40.13	22.22
Level of education
Primary	34.97	27.42
Intermediate Secondary	26.07 38.24	15.79 20.73	<0.001
College	45.89	22.15
Higher than college	50.56	14.91
Social status
Married	42.27	23.59
Single	41.15	20.74	0.959
Divorced	40.38	31.46
Widowed	38.57	16.58
Monthly income (SAR)
<5000	37.99	18.79
5000 to 1000<10000 to 15000	43.82 44.91	23.36 24.00	0.033
<15000 to 20000	52.83	28.24
<20000	44.56	29.86
Type of diabetes
Type I	41.43	21.73	0.962
Type II	41.58	22.83
Type of treatment
Insulin only Insulin with oral	41.93	21.42	0.619
medications	40.52	23.20
Duration of diabetes diagnosis	38.27	23.58
(years)	40.85	21.51
<4	43.48	21.51	0.187
4 to 10
>10
DKS score
>50%	43.72	22.85	<0.001
<50%	31.38	13.73