Table 4 The association between fasting glucose level and determining factors according to multivariate regression. Participants with type 2 diabetes (N = 22) were excluded

BMI (kg/m2)

0.01 ± 0.01

(0.01–0.02)

<0.001

Age (y)

0.02 ± 0.004

(0.01–0.03)

<0.001

Sex (male = 0; female = 1)

−0.22 ± 0.09

(−0.39–0.16)

<0.001

Smoker (no = 0; yes = 1)

−0.09 ± 0.02

(−0.14–0.05)

<0.001

Hypertension (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.18 ± 0.10

(0.05–0.30)

0.005

Education (years)

−0.01 ± 0.001

(−0.03–0.01)

0.213

MVPA (min/day)

−0.002 ± 0.001

(−0.004–0.001)

0.190

Sedentary time (1-min bouts)

−0.002 ± 0.001

(−0.004–0.001)

0.001

Site

     Ghana

0.36 ± 0.10

(0.16–0.56)

0.001

     South Africa

−0.64 ± 0.08

(−0.80–0.47)

<0.001

     Jamaica

−0.01 ± 0.08

(−0.15–0.17)

0.898

     Seychelles

0.17 ± 0.08

(0.01–0.32)

0.037