Baseline demographics of participants
| Total respondents (n=53) | |
| Age, years (mean±SD) | 51.6±9.6 |
| Gender, n | |
| Male | 21 |
| Female | 32 |
| Weight, kg | 74.5±14.8 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 29.8±6.1 |
| Duration of diabetes, years (mean± SD) | 7.1±6.1 |
| Ethnicity, n | |
| Malay | 51 |
| Indian | 2 |
| Education level, n | |
| None | 1 |
| Primary | 16 |
| Secondary | 23 |
| Tertiary | 13 |
| Employment status, n | |
| Employed | 23 |
| Unemployed | 30 |
| Marital status, n | |
| Single | 2 |
| Married | 49 |
| Widowed | 2 |
| Medication used, (% of patients) | |
| Metformin | 45 |
| Sulphonylurea | 26 |
| Acarbose | 4 |
| Insulin | 6 |
| Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L (mean ± SD) | 7.7±2.4 |
| Glycosylated haemoglobin, HbA1c % (mean±SD) | 8.3±1.7 |