Adherence to Mediterranean diet and advanced glycation endproducts in patients with diabetes

Table 7 Dietary attitudes of studied population according to diabetes management

Questions	HbA1c > 7% (n = 179)	HbA1c < 7% (n = 94)	Total (n = 273)	P value1
Did you get diet information according to your illness from your physician (yes)	172 (96.1)	91 (96.8)	263 (96.3)	0.764
Have you visited a nutritionist to advise you on nutrition (yes)	26 (14.5)	20 (21.4)	46 (16.8)	0.157
Have you informed yourself on the Internet about the diet related to your illness (yes)	29 (16.2)	20 (21.4)	49 (17.9)	0.300
Do you think that a better and more controlled diet could reduce your health problems (yes)	156 (87.2)	86 (91.5)	242 (88.6)	0.331
Do you consider educational programs on nutrition to be useful for patients (yes)	177 (98.9)	87 (92.6)	264 (96.7)	0.009
If educational programs on nutrition existed in your community, would you visit them (yes)	145 (81.0)	78 (83.0)	223 (81.7)	0.689

Data are presented as whole numbers (%).

¹Chi-square test.

HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin.