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. 2014 Oct 30;9(10):e110756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110756

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

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

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Based on Chi-square test.

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Used as proxies of physical mobility.