Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of diabetic patients who follow at Jimma University Medical Center, Ethiopia, 2018

Age

< 60 years

≥60 years

48 (45.3%)

58 (54.7%)

177 (86.3%)

28 (13.7%)

1

7.63 (4.39,13.27)

< 0.001

Residence

Urban

Rural

51 (48%)

55 (52%)

89 (43.4%)

116 (56.6%)

1

0.82 (0.51,1.32)

0.43

Education level

Illiterate

Literate

43 (40.6%)

63 (59.4%)

25 (12.2%)

180 (87.8%)

4.91 (2.77, 8.69)

1

< 0.001

Occupation

Government employee

Self and private business

29 (27.4%)

77 (72.6%)

42 (20.5%)

163 (79.5%)

1

0.68 (0.39,1.18)

0.173

Family’s Monthly Income

<3061ETB

≥3061ETB

76 (71.7%)

30 (28.3%)

117 (57.1%)

88 (42.9%)

1.90 (1.15,3.15)

1

0.012

Male

Female

69 (65%)

37 (35%)

125 (60.9%)

80 (39.1%)

0.83 (0.51,1.36)

1

0.477

Marital status

In Union

Not in Union

101 (95.2%)

5 (4.8%)

152 (74.1%)

53 (25.9%)

7.04 (2.72,18.22)

1

< 0.001

Religion

Christians

Muslim

39 (36.8%)

67 (63 .2%)

104 (50.7%)

101 (49.3%)

1.76 (1.09,2.86)

1

0.02

Ethnicity

Oromo

Amhara

Others

75 (70.7%)

22 (20.8%)

9 (8.5%)

127 (61.9%)

42 (20.5%)

36 (17.6%)

1

0.88 (0.49,1.59)

0.42 (0.19,0.92

0.690

0.032