Table 2. Sex-specific prevalence of diabetes by selected factors indicating socio-demographic and hypertension status of the respondents.

Variables		Men			Women
		N	Diabetes (%)	p+++	N	Diabetes (%)	p+++
	Total	3720	10.6		3823	11.3
Age (in years)	35–44	1199	7.4	<0.001	1500	9.9	0.134
	45–54	1188	10.4		1025	11.4
	55–64	616	16.2		671	13.3
	65+	716	11.7		625	11.8
Education (in years)	No	1402	7.8	<0.001	2237	8.7	<0.001
	1–5	1044	9.9		971	12.6
	6–10	827	10.5		482	17.2
	11+	446	21.5		133	22.6
Marital status	Currently married	3608	10.4	0.011	2746	11.1	0.738
	Else+	111	18.0		1076	11.5
Household having TV1	No	2143	8.0	<0.001	2193	7.9	<0.001
	Yes	1576	14.3		1631	15.7
Currently working1	No	537	16.0	<0.001	3396	11.5	0.159
	Yes	3183	9.7		423	9.2
Household having bicycle1	No	2591	11.5	0.011	2757	10.8	0.202
	Yes	1128	8.7		1065	12.3
Own agricultural land	No	1780	10.4	0.633	1807	9.9	0.009
	Yes	1940	10.9		2015	12.5
BMI	Underweight	627	8.0	<0.001	707	5.9	<0.001
	Normal	2656	10.0		2332	10.0
	Overweight/obese	328	21.0		653	21.6
Wealth index	Poorest/poorer	1461	7.7	<0.001	1450	6.9	<0.001
	Middle	723	7.3		770	7.9
	Richer/richest	1536	15.0		1604	16.8
Status of hypertension++	Non-hypertensive	1972	9.0	<0.001	1545	7.2	<0.001
	Pre-hypertensive	1012	10.4		1052	10.6
	Hypertensive	725	15.7		1221	16.8

⁺Else: Divorced or widowed or deserted or separated or never married.

⁺⁺Based on three variables namely history of hypertensive medication, SBP and DBP.

⁺⁺⁺Based on Chi-square test.

¹Used as proxies of physical mobility.