Table 3 Significant factors associated with objective measure of diabetes (i.e. respondents with random blood sugar levels higher than 140 mg/dl)
From: The diabetes-obesity-hypertension nexus in Qatar: evidence from the World Health Survey
No diabetes | Diabetes | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR†(95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n(%) | n(%) | |||
Body Mass index | ||||
Obese | 890 (78.6) | 243 (21.45) | 1.7*** (1.5 - 2.2) | 1.5*** (1.2 - 1.9) |
(0.109) | (0.112) | |||
Societal status | ||||
Poor | 521 (85.83) | 86 (14.1) | - | - |
Non poor | 2268 (83.1) | 462 (16.9) | 1.2** (1.0 - 1.6) | 1.4** (1.0 - 1.9) |
(0.127) | (0.156) | |||
SBP (mmHg) | ||||
<120 | 975 (89.5) | 114 (10.5) | - | - |
120-139 | 1254 (83.5) | 247 (16.5) | 1.7 (1.3 - 2.1) | 1.5*** (1.2 - 2.0) |
(0.106) | (0.134) | |||
140-159 | 360 (75.3) | 118 (24.7) | 2.8*** (2.1 - 3.7) | 2.2*** (1.6 - 3.1) |
(0.134) | (0.171) | |||
>160 | 94 (63.9) | 53 (36.1) | 4.8*** (3.2 - 7.1) | 3.2*** (2.0 - 5.3) |
(0.203) | (0.247) | |||
Cholesterol | ||||
High cholesterol | 443 (77.0) | 132 (22.9) | 1.6*** (1.3 - 2.0) | 1.4** (1.0 - 1.9) |
(0.094) | (0.133) | |||
Normal and low cholesterol | 2309 (84.8) | 414 (15.2) | - | - |
Nationality | ||||
Qataris | 1274 (81.9) | 282 (18.1) | 1.2** (1.0 - 1.5) | 1.3** (1.0 - 1.7) |
(0.093) | (0.110) | |||
Non Qataris | 1515 (85.0) | 266 (14.9) | - | - |