Table 5.
Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with prediabetes among the population at Debre Tabor Town, Northcentral Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 387).
| Variables | Prediabetes n (%) |
COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| Educational status | No formal education | 9 (2.3) | 26 (6.7) | 2.51 (1.05–5.96) | 2.28 (0.93–5.60) | 0.071 |
| Primary school | 9 (2.3) | 38 (9.8) | 1.72 (0.74–3.97) | 1.78 (0.75–4.22) | 0.190 | |
| High school | 13 (3.4) | 86 (22.2) | 1.09 (0.53–2.24 | 1.06 (0.51–2.23) | 0.869 | |
| College/University | 25 (6.5) | 181 (46.8) | 1 | |||
| Commonly used food oil | Unsaturated oil | 30 (7.8) | 229 (59.2) | 1 | ||
| Saturated oil | 26 (6.7) | 102 (26.3) | 1.95 (1.10–3.46) | 1.97 (1.09–3.55) * | 0.025 | |
| WC | Normal | 24 (6.2) | 202 (52.2) | 1 | 1 | |
| High | 32 (8.3) | 129 (33.3) | 2.09 (1.18–3.71) | 2.16 (1.20–3.87) * | 0.010 | |
| Diagnosed Hypertension | Yes | 11 (2.9) | 29 (7.5) | 2.55 (1.19–5.45) | 2.26 (1.04–4.96) * | 0.041 |
| No | 45 (11.6) | 302 (78.0) | 1 | 1 | ||
Note: *p < 0.05, statistically significant association.
Abbreviations: AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; COR, Crude Odds Ratio; WC, Waist Circumference.
Others: Includes students, and retired.