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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and BMI of the sample of diabetic patients

From: A traditional Asian diet modified to meet nutritional requirements of diabetes, has anything changed? A cross-sectional dietary survey

Variable

Males (n43)

Female (n80)

Mean or %

SD orn

Mean or %

SD orn

Age (years)

57.84

12.49

55.29

10.39

Ethnicity

 Sinhalese

90.69%

39

87.5%

70

 Muslim

4.65%

2

11.25%

9

 Sri Lankan Tamil

2.32%

1

1.25%

1

 Indian Tamil

2.32%

1

0%

0

Education level

 No schooling

9.3%

4

5%

4

 Up to 5 years

11.62%

5

15%

12

 Up to 11 years

60.46%

26

55%

44

 Up to 13 years

16.27%

7

22.5%

18

 Graduate

2.3%

1

2.5%

2

BMI (kg/m2)

24.34

3.85

25.14

3.99