Clinico-epidemiological factors of health related quality of life among people with type 2 diabetes

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of diabetic people referring to diabetes clinics of Tabriz, 2015

Variable	Subgroups	n (%)
Age1	≤ 49	85 (21.6)
	59-50	147 (37.3)
	≥ 60	162 (41.1)
Gender	Male	134 (34)
	Female	260 (66)
Level education	Illiterate	143 (36.3)
	Primary school	149 (37.8)
	Secondary school and higher	102 (25.9)
Marital status	Single	45 (11.4)
	Married	349 (88.6)
Occupation	Employed	70 (17.8)
	Housekeeper	252 (63.9)
	Retired/other	72 (18.3)
Health insurance	Yes	378 (95.9)
	No	16 (4.1)
Household monthly income2	< 500	25 (6.3)
	1000-500	199 (50.5)
	> 1000	170 (43.1)
Smoking status	Yes	40 (10.2)
	No	354 (89.8)

¹Mean and standard deviation: 56.67 ± 9.01;

²Amounts are in 10000 Rials (1 USD equals to 33000 Islamic Republic of Iran’s Rials).