| Controlled Diabetes n=68 | Uncontrolled Diabetes n=141 | p-value | |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.62 | ||
| Female | 29 (13.9%) | 112 (53.6%) | |
| Male | 12(5.7%) | 56 (27.8%) | |
| Level of education, n (%) | 0.88 | ||
| No education | 2 (1.0%) | 8 (3.8%) | |
| Basic education | 27 (12.9%) | 108 (51.7%) | |
| High school | 9 (4.3%) | 43 (20.6%) | |
| Higher education | 3 (1.4%) | 9 (4.3%) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | 0.78 | ||
| With a couple | 24 (11.9%) | 116 (55.5%) | |
| Without a couple | 17 (8.2%) | 52 (24.9%) | |
| Age, n (%) | 0.03 | ||
| 30-59 | 24 (11.5%) | 72 (34.5%) | |
| 60-79 | 16 (7.7%) | 78 (37.3%) | |
| 80-99 | 1 (0.5%) | 18 (8.6%) | |
| Economic activity, n (%) | 0.58 | ||
| Paid | 7 (3.3%) | 40 (19.1%) | |
| Unpaid | 34 (16.3%) | 128 (61.2%) | |
| BMI, n (%) | 0.54 | ||
| Ideal body weight | 11 (5.3%) | 59 (28.2%) | |
| Overweight | 13 (6.2%) | 75 (35.9%) | |
| Obesity | 17 (8.1%) | 34 (16.3%) | |
| Time with T2DM diagnosis, n (%) | 0.06 | ||
| 1-5 years | 23 (11.0%) | 69 (33.0%) | |
| 5-10 years | 8 (3.8%) | 50 (23.9%) | |
| >10 years | 10 (4.8%) | 49 (23.4%) | |
| Treatment, n (%) | 0.42 | ||
| Diet and exercise | 7 (3.3%) | 11 (5.3%) | |
| Oral antidiabetics | 19 (9.1%) | 85 (40.7%) | |
| Insulin | 14 (6.7%) | 52 (24.9%) | |
| Diet and oral antidiabetics | 1 (0.5%) | 19 (9.1%) | |
| Insulin and diet | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.5%) | |
| Exercise, n (%) | 0.65 | ||
| Yes | 26 (12.4%) | 100 (47.9%) | |
| No | 15 (7.2%) | 68 (32.5%) | |
| Diet, n (%) | 0.78 | ||
| Yes | 30 (14.4%) | 127 (60.8%) | |
| No | 11 (5.3%) | 41 (19.6%) | |
| Sought Knowledge about T2DM from newspapers or journals, n (%) | 0.016 | ||
| Yes | 25 (12.0%) | 103 (49.3%) | |
| No | 16 (7.7%) | 65 (31.1%) | |
| Forgetting to take the medicine, n (%) | 0.54 | ||
| Yes | 22 (10.5%) | 99 (47.4%) | |
| No | 19 (9.1%) | 69 (33.0%) |