Table 2

Sociodemographic, socioeconomic and diabetic parameters among individuals exposed and not exposed to the DMagic mHealth intervention

OverallMenWomen
Exposed
n=3117
Not exposed
n=685
P valueExposed
n=1443
Not exposed
n=295
P valueExposed
n=1674
Not exposed
n=390
P value
Gender, n (%)Male1443 (46.3)295 (43.1)0.125
Female1674 (53.7)390 (56.9)
Age (years), n (%)30–391017 (32.6)134 (19.6)<0.001440 (30.5)54 (18.3)<0.001577 (34.5)80 (20.5)<0.001
40–49843 (27.1)168 (24.5)387 (26.8)70 (23.7)456 (27.2)98 (25.1)
50–59644 (20.7)161 (23.5)292 (20.2)61 (20.7)352 (21.0)100 (25.6)
≥60613 (19.7)222 (32.4)324 (22.4)110 (37.3)289 (17.3)112 (28.7)
Religion, n (%)Muslim2753 (88.3)637 (93.0)0.0011259 (87.3)274 (92.9)0.0061494 (89.3)363 (93.1)0.023
Hindu364 (11.7)48 (7.0)184 (12.8)21 (7.1)180 (10.8)27 (6.9)
Marital status, n (%)Currently unmarried335 (10.8)114 (16.6)<0.00139 (2.7)12 (4.1)0.206296 (17.7)102 (26.2)<0.001
Currently married2782 (89.3)571 (83.4)1404 (97.3)283 (95.9)1378 (82.3)288 (73.9)
Education, n (%)None2050 (65.8)546 (79.7)<0.001*883 (61.2)218 (73.9)<0.001*1167 (69.7)328 (84.1)<0.001*
Primary826 (26.5)117 (17.1)392 (27.2)62 (21.0)434 (25.9)55 (14.1)
Secondary194 (6.2)19 (2.8)132 (9.2)13 (4.4)62 (3.7)6 (1.5)
Tertiary47 (1.5)3 (0.4)36 (2.5)2 (0.7)11 (0.7)1 (0.3)
Occupation, n (%)Not working1767 (56.7)431 (62.9)<0.001135 (9.4)52 (17.6)<0.001*1632 (97.5)379 (97.2)0.237*
Manual labour1044 (32.1)220 (32.1)1025 (71.0)212 (71.9)19 (1.1)8 (2.1)
Non-manual labour34 (5.0)34 (5.0)283 (19.6)31 (10.5)23 (1.4)3 (0.8)
Wealth tertiles, n (%)Most poor1051 (33.7)158 (23.1)<0.001505 (35.0)80 (27.1)0.033546 (32.6)78 (20.0)<0.001
Poor1066 (34.2)252 (36.8)530 (36.7)122 (41.4)536 (32.0)130 (33.3)
Least poor1000 (32.1)275 (40.2)408 (28.3)93 (31.5)592 (35.4)182 (46.7)
Self-reported diabetes status, n (%)Not reported2989 (95.9)669 (97.7)0.0281388 (96.2)292 (90.0)0.012*1601 (95.6)377 (96.7)0.402*
Reported128 (4.1)16 (2.3)55 (3.8%)3 (1.0)73 (4.4)13 (3.3)
  • P value from χ² test.

  • *P value from Fisher’s exact test.