Demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjectsThe mean (SD) age of the study subjects was 60 (10.7) years with an age range from 28–85 years.Over half [165(63%)] of the study subjects were females and the majority (90%) of the study subjects were married. The mean weight was 75.5 (16.5) kg and the mean BMI of the respondents was 29.5 (7.2) kg/m2. The mean duration of DM was 6.4 (5.6) years with a range of 0.1–34 years.The pattern of educational status showed that 90 (35%) were illiterates, 63 (24%) attained primary school education, 66 (25%) attained secondary school education while 43 (16%) had some form of post secondary school education. Less than half–118 (45%) of the subjects were still working either self employed or otherwise.