Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes prevalence: the case of South Africa between 2003 and 2016

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Table 3 Odds ratios of diabetes prevalence in 2003 and 2016 stratified by age, education and place of residence for men and women as estimated by means of logistic regression

	Diabetes
	2003						2016
	Men n = 3267			Women n = 4739			Men n = 4176			Women n = 6116
	OR	P	95% CI	OR	P	95% CI	OR	P	95% CI	OR	P	95% CI
Age group 15–39 years (Ref.)
40–59 years	5.55	< 0.001	3.38–9.10	5.40	< 0.001	3.60–8.10	9.18	< 0.001	5.10-16.55	10.45	< 0.001	6.80-16.06
60 + years	8.61	< 0.001	4.73–15.70	10.93	< 0.001	6.99–17.08	41.09	< 0.001	23.09–73.13	20.93	< 0.001	13.38–32.72
Educational level No education (Ref.)
Primary	1.20	0.628	0.580 − 2.46	1.55	0.050	1.00-2.41	1.75	0.116	0.87-3.51	1.20	0.323	0.83-1.73
Secondary	1.47	0.247	0.764 − 2.85	1.25	0.302	0.89-1.91	2.24	< 0.001	1.62–6.05	1.18	0.378	0.82-1.69
Higher	1.31	0.562	0.529 − 3.23	1.30	0.460	0.65-2.63	4.67	< 0.001	2.22–9.85	1.50	0.102	0.92-2.45
Residence Rural (Ref.)
Urban	2.14	0.001	1.34–3.42	2.12	< 0.001	1.53–2.94	1.39	0.089	0.95-2.02	1.29	0.043	1.01–1.66

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