Table 1 Association between selected variables and the occurrence of diabetes with p values
Characteristics | Diabetes status | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non-diabetes | Diabetes | ||
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Height category | |||
Q1: (≤1.51) | 854 (63.8%) | 485 (36.2%) | 0.037 |
Q2: (1.51-1.583) | 865 (65.7%) | 452 (34.3%) | |
Q3: (1.583-1.637) | 906 (67.8%) | 430 (32.2%) | |
Q4: (≥1.673) | 875 (67.2%) | 429 (32.9%) | |
Gender | |||
Female | 2543 (66.4%) | 1288 (33.6%) | 0.558 |
Male | 2503 (67.0%) | 1231 (33.0%) | |
Education level | |||
No education | 2384 (69.5%) | 1047 (30.5%) | <0.001 |
Primary | 1377 (66.1%) | 706 (33.9%) | |
Secondary | 915 (65.2%) | 489 (34.8%) | |
Higher | 370 (57.2%) | 277 (42.8%) | |
Wealth index | |||
Poorest | 929 (68.9%) | 419 (31.1%) | <0.001 |
Poorer | 935 (69.1%) | 418 (30.9%) | |
Middle | 1010 (68.9%) | 455 (31.1%) | |
Richer | 1090 (68.8%) | 494 (31.2%) | |
Richest | 1082 (59.6%) | 733 (40.4%) | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 1607 (64.6%) | 882 (35.4%) | 0.006 |
Rural | 3439 (67.8%) | 1637 (32.2%) | |
Division | |||
Dhaka | 929 (70.6%) | 387 (29.4%) | <0.001 |
Barisal | 669 (59.8%) | 450 (40.2%) | |
Chittagong | 502 (58.0%) | 364 (42.0%) | |
Khulna | 889 (73.8%) | 316 (26.2%) | |
Rajshahi | 717 (67.1%) | 351 (32.9%) | |
Rangpur | 769 (72.0%) | 299 (28.0%) | |
Shylet | 571 (61.9%) | 352 (38.1%) | |
BMI category | |||
Thin | 1062 (66.4%) | 538 (33.6%) | <0.001 |
Normal | 2075 (69.4%) | 915 (30.6%) | |
Overweight | 310 (49.5%) | 316 (50.5%) | |