- Socio-demographic characteristics of DM patients with and without DN and healthy participants, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
| Variables | Participants | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM with DN | DM without DN | Healthy control | ||
| Age | 54.1±12.8 | 54.1±12.8 | 53.5±13.1 | 0.9752 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 53 | 53 | 53 | 1.000 |
| Female | 49 | 49 | 49 | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Private | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0.001 |
| Public | 22 | 93 | 101 | |
| Others | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 99 | 93 | 89 | 0.036 |
| Single | 3 | 9 | 13 | |
| Education | ||||
| Educated | 88 | 82 | 73 | 0.033 |
| Not educated | 14 | 20 | 29 | |
| Financial satisfaction | ||||
| Satisfied | 92 | 98 | 89 | 0.080 |
| Not satisfied | 10 | 4 | 13 | |
| Smoking | ||||
| Yes | 14 | 11 | 17 | 0.475 |
| No | 88 | 91 | 85 | |
DN: diabetic neuropathy, DM: diabetes mellitus