Type 2 diabetes and its correlates among adults in Bangladesh: a population based study

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Table 1 Socioeconomic, demographic, and anthropometric characteristic of the study participants by diabetes status, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2011

	Total		Non diabetic		Diabetic		p-value
Variables	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Age group							<0.001
35–39	1415	18.8	1295	19.3	120	14.5
40–44	1320	17.5	1196	17.8	124	15.0
45–49	1167	15.5	1037	15.4	130	15.7
50–54	1013	13.4	907	13.5	106	12.8
55–59	668	8.9	554	8.2	114	13.8
60–69	1057	14.0	928	13.8	129	15.6
70+	904	12.0	799	11.9	105	12.7
Sex							0.402
Male	3720	49.3	3324	49.5	396	47.9
Female	3823	50.7	3393	50.5	430	52.1
Marital status							0.159
Currently married	6355	84.3	5673	84.5	682	82.6
Others (divorced/separated/widowed)	1188	15.7	1044	15.5	144	17.4
Education level							<0.001
No education	3581	47.5	3282	48.9	299	36.2
Primary education	2459	32.6	2164	32.2	295	35.7
Secondary education	1066	14.1	909	13.5	157	19.0
Higher education	437	5.8	362	5.4	75	9.1
Working status							0.001
Not currently working	3933	52.2	3456	51.5	477	57.7
Currently working	3607	47.8	3257	48.5	350	42.3
Wealth index							<0.001
Poorest	1472	19.5	1365	20.3	107	12.9
Poorer	1438	19.1	1332	19.8	106	12.8
Middle	1493	19.8	1379	20.5	114	13.8
Richer	1561	20.7	1384	20.6	177	21.4
Richest	1579	20.9	1256	18.7	323	39.1
Place of residence							<0.001
Urban	1761	23.3	1478	22.0	283	34.2
Rural	5782	76.7	5238	78.0	544	65.8
Division of residence							<0.001
Sylhet (Eastern)	429	5.7	378	5.6	51	6.2
Chittagong (Southeastern)	1256	16.7	1077	16.0	179	21.6
Dhaka (Central)	2457	32.6	2180	32.5	277	33.5
Khulna (Western)	992	13.2	920	13.7	72	8.7
Rajshahi(Mid-western)	1082	14.3	966	14.4	116	14.0
Rangpur(Northwestern	898	11.9	820	12.2	78	9.4
Barisal (Southern)	428	5.7	374	5.6	54	6.5
Body mass index							<0.001
Normal	6321	86.5	5732	88.1	589	73.6
Overweight/ obese	985	13.5	774	11.9	211	26.4
Hypertension							<0.001
No	3533	46.8	3243	48.3	290	35.1
Yes	4010	53.2	3474	51.7	536	64.9

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