Table 2.
Prevalence of risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, 2011
| Variable | Sedentariness | Overweight (%) | Central obesity (%) | Arterial Hypertension (%) | High glucose (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | p | % | p | % | p | % | p | % | p | ||||||
| Sex | <0.0001 * | <0.0001 * | 0.045 * | <0.0001 * | 0.033 * | ||||||||||
| Female | 77.6 | 18.9 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 10.2 | ||||||||||
| Male | 59.0 | 39.7 | 7.6 | 18.3 | 15.7 | ||||||||||
| Age range | 0.853 | <0.0001 * | 0.024 * | 0.236 | 0.697 | ||||||||||
| 16-19 | 70.6 | 22.8 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 13.8 | ||||||||||
| 20-24 | 71.3 | 24.6 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 11.9 | ||||||||||
| 25-58 | 68.2 | 44.7 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 10.7 | ||||||||||
| Term | 0.182 | 0.054 | 0.097 | 0.195 | 0.811 | ||||||||||
| Novices | 71.9 | 24.5 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 12.2 | ||||||||||
| Veterans | 66.8 | 31.7 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 7.3 | ||||||||||
| Marital status | 0.534 | 0.005 * | 0.001 * | 0.245 | 0.312 | ||||||||||
| Married/Fixed partner | 66.7 | 45.2 | 16.7 | 12.2 | 7.3 | ||||||||||
| Single | 71.2 | 25.3 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 4.5 | ||||||||||
| Economic class | 0.131 | 0.804 | 0.072 | 0.859 | 0.393 | ||||||||||
| A | 62.2 | 31.1 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 11.1 | ||||||||||
| B | 68.2 | 26.0 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 14.5 | ||||||||||
| C | 74.4 | 26.0 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 10.0 | ||||||||||
| D | 74.3 | 28.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 14.5 | ||||||||||
| Knowledge area | 0.586 | 0.014 | 0.097 | 0.080 | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Agriculture | 70.1 | 26.5 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 12.4 | ||||||||||
| Sciences | 71.7 | 31.5 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 13.6 | ||||||||||
| Exacts | 65.5 | 28.4 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.4 | ||||||||||
| Human | 73.4 | 28.0 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 3.6 | ||||||||||
| Health | 75.2 | 12.3 | - | 2.8 | 6.6 | ||||||||||
| Technology | 67.3 | 31.3 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 28.2 | ||||||||||
*
The proportions are different and statistically significant