Table 1. Characteristics of study samples by country and study site.
N | Mean age | % Women | Mean annual familyincome per person (USD) | Family size | ||||||
Site | DM | MC | DM | MC | DM | MC | DM | MC | DM | MC |
CAMEROON | ||||||||||
Yaoundé | 497 | 499 | 56.14 | 55.16 | 52.11 | 51.90 | 3917 | 3067 | 6.79 | 5.58 |
MALI | ||||||||||
Bamako | 297 | 301 | 51.57 | 49.59 | 81.00 | 81.76 | 2625 | 2247 | 15.56 | 13.37 |
Sikasso | 150 | 148 | 55.05 | 54.79 | 62.16 | 62.67 | 2647 | 2697 | 19.06 | 17.45 |
Tombouctou | 50 | 49 | 50.45 | 50.68 | 75.51 | 76.00 | 2734 | 2508 | 6.67 | 6.20 |
TOTAL | 497 | 496 | 52.50 | 51.27 | 74.85 | 75.40 | 2636 | 2356 | 15.73 | 13.88 |
TANZANIA | ||||||||||
Temeke | 485 | 474 | 51.82 | 50.46 | 57.73 | 58.23 | 1231 | 1137 | 5.48 | 5.12 |
SOUTH AFRICA | ||||||||||
Mamelodi | 301 | 301 | 61.02 | 60.52 | 80.07 | 80.07 | 2383 | 2564 | 4.95 | 4.84 |
ALL SITES | 1780 | 1770 | 54.77 | 53.71 | 64.69 | 65.02 | 2570 | 2280 | 8.62 | 7.66 |
DM means persons with diagnosed diabetes mellitus. MC means matched control group, persons without known diabetes of the same sex and approximate age, living near to the case with DM with whom they were matched. Mean annual family income per person is the respondent’s self-reported family income divided by the self-reported number of persons in the respondent’s family (family size).