Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of diabetes patients who visited ER in a tertiary care hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 2016 to 2018. (n = 133)
From: The impact of Ramadan on visits related to diabetes emergencies at a tertiary care center
SHAABAN | RAMADAN | SHAWAL | Chi-square | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
Age group | 18–39 | 17 | 28.8% | 17 | 42.5% | 9 | 26.5% | 5.789 | 0.215 |
40–59 | 24 | 40.7% | 8 | 20.0% | 11 | 32.4% | |||
60 + | 18 | 30.5% | 15 | 37.5% | 14 | 41.1% | |||
Total | 59 | 100.0% | 40 | 100.0% | 34 | 100.0% | |||
Mean ± SD | 48.53 ± 17.26 | ||||||||
Minimum | 18 | ||||||||
Maximum | 72 | ||||||||
Median | 54 | ||||||||
Interquartile range | 31 | ||||||||
Gender | Male | 28 | 47.5% | 25 | 62.5% | 19 | 55.9% | 2.229 | 0.328 |
Female | 31 | 52.5% | 15 | 37.5% | 15 | 44.1% | |||
Total | 59 | 100.0% | 40 | 100.0% | 34 | 100.0% | |||
Other Diseases | Yes | 38 | 64.4% | 24 | 60.0% | 23 | 67.6% | 0.477 | 0.788 |
No | 21 | 35.6% | 16 | 40.0% | 11 | 32.4% | |||
Total | 59 | 100.0% | 40 | 100.0% | 34 | 100.0% | |||