Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes in eastern Sudan

Gender

Female

205

58.6

Male

145

41.4

Residence

Urban

261

74.6

Rural

89

25.4

Education level

< Secondary

215

61.4

≥ Secondary

135

38.6

Marital status

Married

322

92.0

Single/divorced

28

8.0

Job

Employed

141

40.3

Non-employed

209

59.7

Income

Low

202

57.7

Moderate

130

37.1

High

18

5.1

Housing

With family

343

98.0

With friends

7

2.0

Tobacco use

Never

302

86.3

Current

19

5.4

Former

29

8.3

Alcohol

Never

335

95.7

Current

1

.3

Former

14

4.0

Participant’s mental illness

Yes

24

6.9

No

326

93.1

First degree mental illness

Yes

23

6.6

No

327

93.4

Presence of co-morbidity

Yes

142

40.6

No

208

59.4

Body mass index groups, kg/m²

Underweight

8

2.3

Normal

134

38.3

Overweight

128

36.6

Obese

80

22.9

Uncontrolled diabetes

Yes

306

87.4

No

44

12.6