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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants of newly diagnosed T2DM patients in UGCSH, January 2001–February 2019

From: Time to diabetic neuropathy and its predictors among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Northwest Ethiopia

Variable

Event (%)

Censored (%)

Total (n = 463)

Percentage

Gender

    

 Female

45 (16.2)

233 (83.8)

278

60.04

 Male

32 (17.3)

153 (82.7)

185

39.96

Age

    

 30–34

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

6

1.30

 35–39

6 (19.4)

25 (80.6)

31

6.70

 40–44

6 (12.0)

44 (88.0)

50

10.80

 45–49

10 (11.9)

74 (88.1)

84

18.14

 50–54

12 (15.6)

65 (84.4)

77

16.63

 55–59

11 (14.7)

64 (85.3)

75

16.20

 60–64

12 (19.7)

49 (80.3)

61

13.17

 65–69

14 (31.1)

31 (68.9)

45

9.72

 > 70

5 (14.7)

29 (85.3)

34

7.34

Duration of DM

    

 0–4

15 (18.3)

67 (81.7)

82

17.71

 5–9

35 (15.8)

187 (84.2)

222

47.95

 10–14

22 (16.7)

110 (83.3)

132

28.51

 > 14

5 (18.5)

22 (83.4)

27

5.83

Hypertension

    

 Yes

22 (20.6)

85 (79.4)

107

23.11

 No

55 (15.4)

301 (84.6)

356

76.89

Anemia

    

 Yes

22 (59.5)

15 (40.5)

37

7.99

 No

62 (14.5)

364 (85.5)

426

92.01

Other DM complication

    

 Yes

43 (24.2)

135 (75.8)

178

38.44

 No

34 (11.9)

251 (88.1)

285

61.56

Baseline medication

    

 Dietary modification

4 (13.8)

25 (86.2)

29

6.26

 One oral agent

47 (15.9)

249 (84.1)

296

63.93

 > 1 Oral agent

17 (21.5)

62 (78.5)

79

17.06

 Insulin

9 (15.3)

50 (84.7)

59

12.74

SBP

    

 ≤ 140

62 (16.5)

313 (83.5)

375

80.99

 > 140

15 (17.1)

73 (82.9)

88

19.01

DBP

    

 ≤ 90

69 (16.7)

344 (83.3)

413

89.20

 > 90

8 (16.0)

42 (84.0)

50

10.80

  1. DBP diastolic blood pressure; DM diabetes mellitus; DN diabetic neuropathy; SBP systolic blood pressure