Table 1: Social demographic characteristics of newly diagnosed diabetic patients at Mulago National referral hospital who participated in the study (N = 175).
| Characteristic | Total (N) | Microalbuminuric N (%) | Normoalbuminuric N (%) | |
| Age | < 40 years | 50 (28.5) | 25 (50.0) | 25 (50.0) |
| 40 years and above | 125 (71.5) | 58 (46.4) | 67 (53.6) | |
| Gender | Male | 90 (51.4) | 46 (31.1) | 44 (48.9) |
| Female | 85 (48.6) | 37 (43.5) | 48 (56.5) | |
| Employment | Employed | 66 (37.7) | 31 (47.0) | 35 (53.0) |
| Unemployed | 108 (62.3) | 51 (47.2) | 57 (52.8) | |
| Pregnancy | Yes | 6 (6.3) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) |
| No | 90 (93.7) | 38 (42.2) | 52 (57.8) | |
| Education | None | 14 (8.5) | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) |
| Primary | 71 (6.6) | 33 (46.5) | 38 (53.5) | |
| Secondary | 64 (36.6) | 29 (45.3) | 35 (54.7) | |
| Tertiary | 26 (14.9) | 14 (53.9) | 12 (46.2) | |
| Marital status | Never married | 26 (14.9) | 14 (53.9) | 12 (46.1) |
| Currently married | 104 (59.4) | 48 (46.1) | 56 (53.9) | |
| No longer married | 45 (25.7) | 21 (46.7) | 24 (53.3) | |