Trends and risk factors of hyperglycemia and diabetes among Kuwaiti adults: National Nutrition Surveillance Data from 2002 to 2009

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by study period

	2002–03				2004–05				2006–07				2008–09
	Male		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender	932	44.1	1181	55.9	579	42.3	790	57.7	716	41.7	1003	58.3	518	44.8	637	55.2
Age Group (Year)
20-29	326	35.0	467	39.5	186	32.2	235	29.7	231	32.3	315	31.4	187	36.2	229	35.9
30-39	221	23.7	192	16.3	138	23.8	214	27.1	178	24.9	279	27.8	123	23.7	172	27.1
40-49	244	26.2	317	26.8	99	17.1	160	20.3	179	25.0	233	23.2	113	21.8	132	20.7
50-59	98	10.5	150	12.7	83	14.3	139	17.6	97	13.5	138	13.8	67	12.9	81	12.7
60-69	43	4.6	55	4.7	73	12.6	42	5.3	31	4.3	38	3.8	28	5.4	23	3.6
BMI Status
Normal (<25 kg/m²)	251	26.9	269	22.8	132	22.8	139	17.6	206	28.8	177	17.6	126	24.4	139	21.8
Overweight (25- <30 kg/m²)	386	41.4	347	29.4	231	39.9	257	32.5	264	36.8	304	30.3	212	40.9	218	34.2
Obese (≥30 kg/m²)	295	31.7	565	47.8	216	37.3	394	49.9	246	34.4	522	52.1	180	34.7	280	44.0
Serum Cholesterol
Normal (<5.18 mmol/L)	627	67.3	849	71.9	290	50.1	417	52.8	332	46.4	513	51.1	354	70.8	413	68.8
Moderate hypercholesterolemia^§	212	22.7	223	18.9	194	33.5	245	31.0	260	36.3	336	33.5	121	24.2	147	24.5
High hypercholesterolemia^¶	93	10.0	109	9.2	95	16.4	128	16.2	124	17.3	154	15.4	25	5.0	40	6.7
Education Level
Up to grade VIII	247	26.5	373	31.6	156	26.9	277	35.1	158	22.1	306	30.5	116	22.4	201	31.6
High school/Diploma	423	45.4	458	38.8	264	45.6	312	39.5	314	43.8	408	40.7	225	43.4	272	42.7
≥ Undergraduate	262	28.1	350	29.6	159	27.5	201	25.4	244	34.1	289	28.8	177	34.2	164	25.7
Exercise
No	566	60.7	843	71.4	380	65.6	588	74.4	397	55.4	756	75.4	300	57.9	515	80.8
Yes	366	39.3	338	28.6	199	34.4	202	25.6	319	44.6	247	24.6	218	42.1	122	19.2
Smoking Status
No	741	79.5	1116	94.5	474	81.9	781	98.9	496	69.3	989	98.6	356	68.7	631	99.1
Yes	191	20.5	65	5.5	105	18.1	09	1.1	220	30.7	14	1.4	162	31.3	06	0.9

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