Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who could and could not be assessed at 3 months following admission to Manthena Sathyanarayana Raju Arogyalayam (MSRA) hospital for management of Diabetes mellitus using integrated Naturopathy and Yoga in Andhra Pradesh, India, May-August, 2014
Characteristics | Assessed | Not assessed | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Total | 101 | 122 | |
Male – Number (%) | 55 (55) | 67 (55) | 0.94 |
Mean age (95 % CI) | 55 (53–56) | 52 (50–54) | 0.11* |
Mean duration of DM (95 % CI) | 7.6 (6–9) | 7.2 (6–8) | 0.61 |
Mean FBS (95 % CI) | 149 (137–160) | 148 (138–159) | 0.97 |
Mean PPBS (95 % CI) | 188 (174–202) | 185 (173–198) | 0.78 |
Mean HbA1c (95 % CI) | 8.2 (7.8–8.6) | 8.3 (8.0–8.6) | 0.71 |
On oral drugs – Number (%) | 86 (85) | 104 (85) | 0.98 |