Table 3 Regression coefficients (Reg. Coef.) and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of explanatory variables for the occurrence of diabetes obtained from logistic regression model

Height category

 Q1: (≤1.51) (Ref)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Q2: (1.51-1.583)

0.92 (0.79, 1.08)

0.92 (0.78, 1.08)

0.93 (0.79, 1.10)

 Q3: (1.583-1.637)

0.84 (0.71, 0.98)**

0.81 (0.68, 0.95)**

0.84 (0.71, 1.00)**

 Q4: (≥1.673)

0.86 (0.74, 1.01)*

0.79 (0.67, 0.95)**

0.82 (0.69, 0.98)**

Education level

 No education (Ref)

1.00

1.00

 Primary

1.06 (0.92, 1.23)

1.06 (0.91, 1.23)

 Secondary

1.01 (0.84, 1.21)

0.97 (0.81, 1.17)

 Higher

1.5 (1.2, 1.94)***

1.39 (1.09, 1.77)**

Wealth index

 Poorest

1.12 (0.92, 1.36)

1.09 (0.89, 1.33)

 Poorer

1.15 (0.95, 1.39)

1.13 (0.93, 1.37)

 Middle (Ref)

1.00

1.00

 Richer

1.05 (0.87, 1.27)

1.03 (0.85, 1.25)

 Richest

1.6 (1.3, 1.97)***

1.46 (1.18, 1.79)***

Place of residence

 Rural (Ref)

1.00

1.00

 Urban

1.06 (0.93, 1.23)

1.11 (0.96, 1.29)

Division

 Dhaka (Ref)

1.00

1.00

 Barisal

1.9 (1.54, 2.38)***

1.91 (1.53, 2.39)***

 Chittagong

1.7 (1.37, 2.05)***

1.63 (1.33, 2.00)***

 Khulna

0.85 (0.69, 1.05)

0.83 (0.67, 1.03)*

 Rajshahi

1.24 (1.0, 1.54)***

1.19 (0.96, 1.49)

 Rangpur

0.98 (0.79, 1.21)

0.95 (0.77, 1.18)

 Shylet

1.62 (1.31, 2.01)**

1.59 (1.28, 1.97)***

BMI category

 Thin

1.17 (1.03, 1.34)**

 Normal (Ref)

1.00

 Overweight

2.09 (1.74, 2.52)***