Table 2: Prevalence of diabetes by background characteristics.

Variable Normal Pre-diabetes Diabetes p-value
Age group
≤ 24 years 185 (86) 25 (11.6) 5 (2.3)
25-34 1031 (87.4) 126 (10.7) 22 (1.9)
35-44 1388 (83.4) 197 (11.8) 80 (4.8) 0.000
45-54 1136 (81.3) 157 (11.2) 105 (7.5)
55-64 235 (71.0) 58 (17.5) 38 (11.5)
≥ 65 9 (64.3) 2 (14.3) 3 (21.4)
Sex
Male 1917 (83.8) 248 (10.8) 122 (5.3)
Female 2078 (82.3) 315 (12.5) 315 (5.2) 0.213
Level of Education
No formal education 48 (82.8) 5 (8.6) 5 (8.6)
Primary education 442 (78.8) 71 (12.7) 48 (8.6)
Secondary Education 1048 (83.7) 141 (11.3) 63 (5.0) 0.008
Tertiary Education 1507 (84.8) 194 (10.9) 77 (4.3)
Post-Graduate Education 746 (82.4) 114 (12.6) 45 (5.0)
Marital Status
Single 820 (88.0) 89 (9.5) 23 (2.5)
Married 2933 (81.9) 433 (12.1) 217 (6.1) 0.000
Widowed 107 (82.3) 18 (13.8) 5 (3.8)
Separated 31 (83.8) 4 (10.8) 2 (5.4)
Grade Level
Junior staff 960 (83.2) 133 (11.5) 61 (5.3)
Middle level 1767 (83.6) 237 (11.2) 109 (5.2) 0.263
Senior level 561 (80.5) 86 (12.3) 50 (7.2)
Cigarette smoking status
Smoked 105 (76.6) 23 (16.8) 9 (6.6)
Never smoked 3778 (83.1) 531 (11.7) 238 (5.2) 0.237
No response 113 (86.3) 11 (8.4) 7 (5.3)
Consume red meat daily
Yes 1283 (83.0) 191 (12.4) 71 (4.6)
No 2018 (82.5) 282 (11.5) 145 (5.9) 0.277
Not sure 695 (84.2) 92 (11.2) 38 (4.6)
Excessive alcohol consumption
Yes 353 (86.7) 41 (10.1) 13 (3.2)
No 3363 (82.6) 486 (11.9) 222 (5.5) 0.232
Not sure 280 (83.1) 38 (11.3) 19 (5.6)
Spend up to 8 hours daily in sitting position
Yes 973 (82.2) 138 (11.7) 73 (6.2)
No 2608 (83.3) 368 (11.8) 154 (4.9) 0.612
Not sure 415 (82.8) 59 (11.8) 27 (5.4)
BMI
Underweight 98 (91.6) 9 (8.4) 0 (0.0)
Normal 1724 (87.5) 185(9.4) 62 (3.1)
Overweight 1313 (80.9) 206 (12.7) 103 (6.4) 0.000
Obesity 643 (77.3) 125 (15.0) 64 (7.7)
Hypertension
Yes 1344 (80.0) 190 (11.3) 145 (8.6) 0.000
No 2648 (84.5) 375 (12.0) 109 (3.5)
Not sure

BMI=body mass index