Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of diabetic patients investigated for uropathogens (n = 248), April to July 2015
From: Common uropathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern among diabetic patients
Socio-demographic Characteristics | Classifications of variables | Frequency No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | 20–35 | 51(20.6) |
36–45 | 45(18.1) | |
46–55 | 52(21) | |
≥56 | 100(40.3) | |
Sex | Male | 112(45.2) |
Female | 136(54.8) | |
Address: | Urban | 210(84.7) |
Rural | 38(15.3) | |
Marital Status: | Single | 31(12.5) |
Married | 153(61.7) | |
Widowed/Divorced | 64(25.8) | |
Literacy level: | Illiterate | 84(33.9) |
Primary School | 63(25.4) | |
Secondary School | 58(23.4) | |
Higher education | 43(17.3) | |
Types of diabetes: | Type I | 123(49.6) |
Type II | 125(50.4) | |
Duration of diabetes(in years): | <  5 | 65(26.2) |
5–10 | 93(37.5) | |
≥10 | 90(36.3) | |
Blood glucose level(mg/dl): | < 126 | 99(39.9) |
≥126 | 149(60.1) | |
History of previous UTI: | Yes | 73(29.4) |
No | 175(70.6) | |
History of previous antibiotic: | Yes | 106(42.7) |
No | 142(57.3) |