Table 3 Sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-seeking characteristics of participants with poor and good glycaemic control

Gender

227

 Male

REF

 Female

0.95 (0.63, 1.43)

Missing

0

Age

225

  15-54

REF

  ≥ 55

0.89 (0.59, 1.34)

Missing

2(%)

Marital status

227

 Married

REF

 Not married

0.74 (0.46, 1.20)

Missing

0

Education level

227

Primary school or less

REF

Elementary or high school College degree or higher education completed

0.76 (0.50, 1.16)

Missing

0

BMI

226

Overweight or obesity

REF

Normal weight

0.81 (0.43, 1.52)

Missing

1

Smoking status

227

 Previous smoker

REF

 Current smoker

1.44 (0.58, 3.55)

 Never smoke

1.32 (0.66, 2.67)

Missing

0

Dietary fat intake

224

Vegetable or olive oils

REF

Animal fat or margarine or none in particular

1.55 (0.81, 2.97)

Missing

3

Dietary meat intake/week????

206

0–7

REF

8+

1.14 (0.71, 1.85)

Missing

21

Dietary fruits and vegetables intake/week??

206

0–2

REF

3+

1.65 (1.08, 2.52)

Missing

21

Dietary fast food intake/week???

198

0–1

122 (83.6)

181 (91.4)

REF

2+

24 (16.4)

17 (8.6)

2.09 (1.08, 4.06)

0.026

Missing

18

29

Work physical activity

164

227

No

161 (98.2)

226 (99.6)

REF

Yes

3 (1.8)

1 (0.4)

4.21 (0.43, 40.85)

0.178

Missing

0

0

Sport physical activity

164

222

No

155 (94.5)

197 (97.8)

REF

REF

Yes

9 (5.5)

5 (2.2)

2.57 (0.84, 7.84)

0.084

Missing

0

5

Walking behaviour more than 10 mints per day

164

225

No

66 (40.2)

114 (50.7)

REF

Yes

98 (59.8)

111 (49.3)

1.52 (1.01, 2.29)

0.042

Missing

0

2

TV viewing time / per day

145

206

0–3 Hours

98 (67.6)

140 (68)

REF

4+ Hours

47 (32.4)

66 (32)

1.01 (0.64, 1.60)

0.941

Missing

19

21

Sitting time / per day

146

202

0–4 Hours

61 (41.8)

100 (49.5)

REF

5+ Hours

85 (58.2)

102 (50.5)

1.36 (0.88, 2.09)

0.154

Missing

18

25

Health seeking behaviours

Hypertension

164

227

No

7 (4.3)

13 (5.7)

REF

Yes

157 (95.7)

214 (94.3)

1.36 (0. 53-3.49)

0.518

Missing

0

0

Chronic disease diagnosis

147

214

No

147 (76.2)

159 (74.3)

REF

Yes

35 (23.8)

55 (25.7)

0.90 (0.55, 1.47)

0.683

Missing

17

13

Self-reported health status

164

226

Very good or good

126 (76.8)

170 (75.2)

REF

Fair or poor

38 (23.2)

56 (24.8)

0.91 (0.57, 1.46)

0.714

Missing

0

1

Self-reported health status compared with 12 months

162

223

Better or same

111 (68.5)

152 (68.2)

REF

Worse

51 (31.5)

71 (31.8)

0.98 (0.63, 1.52)

0.941

Missing

2

4

Visited health services

101

147

Illness or injury

13 (12.9)

15 (10.2)

REF

Other services

88 (87.1)

132 (89.8)

0.76 (0.34, 1.69)

0.514

Missing

63

80