Table 2 |
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| Demographic profile of participants | |||
| Characteristics | Number (n = 38) | % | Mean ± SD (Range) |
| Age | 47.0 ± 9.9 years (30–66 years) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Female | 29 | 76.3 | |
| Male | 9 | 23.7 | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Malays | 13 | 34.2 | |
| Chinese | 12 | 31.6 | |
| Indians | 10 | 26.3 | |
| Others | 3 | 7.9 | |
| Professional background | |||
| General practitioner | 11 | 36.7 | |
| Family medicine specialist | 10 | 33.3 | |
| Government policy maker | 4 | 13.3 | |
| Diabetes nurse educators | 3 | 10.0 | |
| Endocrinologists | 2 | 6.7 | |
| Healthcare sector | |||
| Public | 24 | 63.2 | |
| Private | 14 | 36.8 | |
Lee et al. BMC Family Practice 2012 13:28 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-13-28
