From: Prevalence of prediabetes and associated factors among community members in rural Isingiro district
Characteristic | Total (N = 370) n (%) | No prediabetes (N = 336) n (%) | Prediabetes N = 34 n (%) | P-value |
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Age (mean, SD) | 42, SD = 14.3 | |||
Age groups | 0.012** | |||
18–30 | 93 (25.1) | 91 (27.2) | 2 (5.9) | |
31–45 | 123 (33.2) | 113 (33.6) | 10 (29.4) | |
46–60 | 111 (30.1) | 94 (27.9) | 17 (50.0) | |
61–70 | 43 (11.6) | 38 (11.3) | 5 (14.7) | |
Gender | 0.129 | |||
Male | 119 (32.2) | 112 (33.3) | 7 (20.6) | |
Female | 251 (67.8) | 224 (66.7) | 27 (79.4) | |
Marital status | 0.767 | |||
Married/Cohabiting | 285 (77.2) | 259 (77.1 ) | 26 (76.5) | |
Separated/Divorced | 23 (6.2) | 21 (6.3) | 2 (5.9) | |
Widowed | 38 (10.3) | 33 (9.8) | 5 (14.7) | |
Never Married | 24 (6.3) | 23 (6.9) | 1 (2.9) | |
Level of education | 0.018** | |||
No formal education | 78 (21.1) | 69 (20.5) | 9 (26.5) | |
Primary level completed | 207 (56.0) | 191 (56.8) | 16 (47.0) | |
Secondary level completed | 57 (15.4) | 54 (16.1) | 3 (8.8) | |
College /university completed | 17 (4.6) | 15 (4.5) | 2 (5.9) | |
Refused | 11 (3.0) | 7 (2.1) | 4 (11.8) | |
Monthly income (UGX) | 0.069 | |||
<50,000 | 218 (58.9) | 198 (58.9) | 20 (58.8) | |
50,000-100,000 | 113 (30.5) | 99 (29.5) | 14 (41.2) | |
100,000-500,000 | 39 (10.5) | 39 (11.6) | 0 | |
Employment | 0.378 | |||
Self Employed | 346 (93.5) | 313 (93.2) | 23 (67.7) | |
No formal employment | 24 (6.5) | 23 (6.9) | 1 (2.9) | |
Family history of diabetes | 0.084 | |||
Yes | 86 (23.3) | 81 (24.1) | 5 (14.7) | |
No | 259 (70.0) | 230 (68.5) | 29 (85.3) | |
Don’t know | 25 (6.8) | 25 (7.4) | 0 |