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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Sample. Composition of the Clusters

From: Judging the possibility of the onset of diabetes mellitus type 2 from reported behavioral changes and from family history

 

Cluster

 

Variable

Never

Reported Changes

Family

Antecedents

Vision

Disturbances

Undetermined

Total

Gender

 Males

4 (6)

16(22)

25(34)

11(15)a

17(23)

73

 Females

9(11)

26(31)

33(40)

4(5)a

11(13)

83

Age

 18–25 years

5(9)

14(24)

22(38)

7(12)

10(17)

58

 26–40 Years

1(2)a

12(27)

18(40)

6(13)

8(18)

45

 41 + Years

7(13)a

16(30)

18(34)

2(4)

10(19)

53

Education

 Secondary

8(14)a

12(21)

21(38)

5(9)

10(18)

56

 College

2(3)a

22(33)

24(36)

5(7)

14(21)

67

 University

3(9)

7(22)

13(41)

5(16)

4(12)

32

Know People with Diabetes

 No

4(6)

22(30)

25(34)

6(8)

16(22)

73

 Yes

9(11)

20(24)

33(40)

9(11)

12(14)

83

Diabetic

 No

13(9)

42(27)

56(36)

15(10)

28(18)

154

 Yes

0(0)

0(0)

2(100)

0(0)

0(0)

2

Total

13

42

58

15

28

156

  1. Values in parentheses are percentages calculated across each row. Know Cases of Diabetes = Know people in the family or close friends who have developed diabetes. Values with the same superscript are statistically different, p < .05