Table 2.

Prevalence and Risk of Diabetes by Demographic Factors.

Variable	N	Diabetes Prevalence (%)		Odds ratio of Diabetes (95% CI)
				Age-sex adjusted		Adjusted for multiple factors*^
Age
18–30	686	6.3	p < 0.0005	Reference group		Reference group
31–40	1077	9.4		1.55 (1.07–2.24)	P = 0.021	1.37 (0.87–2.15)	P = 0.167
41–50	606	23.6		4.62 (3.22–6.63)	P < 0.0005	4.89 (3.17–7.53)	P < 0.0005
51–60	267	39.7		9.74 (6.57–14.46)	P < 0.0005	11.09 (6.87–17.91)	P < 0.0005
61+	81	35.8		8.35 (4.81–14.47)	P < 0.0005	7.20 (3.53–14.66)	P < 0.0005
Gender
Male	2199	15.4	P = 0.749	Reference group		Reference group
Female	513	16.0		0.98 (0.74–1.30)	P = 0.893	0.76 (0.50–1.14)	P = 0.187
Employment
Managers & Professionals	643	14.5	P = 0.013	Reference group		Reference group
Skilled workers	805	14.0		1.17 (0.86–1.61)	P = 0.316	1.09 (0.73–1.63)	P = 0.684
Elementary & unemployed	636	19.3		1.76 (1.29–2.42)	P < 0.0005	1.53 (0.98–2.40)	P = 0.061
Ethnicity
Arabs non-nationals	631	15.2	P = 0.471	Reference group		Reference group
Asians non-Arabs	1723	16.4		1.22 (0.93–1.59)	P = 0.158	1.20 (0.87–1.65)	P = 0.267
Europeans & Africans	84	11.9		0.71 (1.29–2.42)	P = 0.360	0.53 (0.21–1.32)	P = 0.174
Education
Below university	1742	16.1	0.254	1.13 (0.90–1.43)	P = 0.287	0.95 (0.68–1.32)	P = 0.740
University & above	974	14.5		Reference group		Reference group
Income (AED per year)
Less than 96000	1815	16.0	0.721	1.31 (1.02–1.68)	P = 0.033	1.04 (0.71–1.50)	P = 0.857
> = 96000	750	15.5		Reference group		Reference group

^*Adjustment was made for age, gender, employment, ethnicity, education and income.

^Omnibus test model (χ² = 187.512, p < 0.0005); Cox & Snell R² = 0.100 & Nagelkerke R² = 0.169; Hosmer & Lemeshow Test (χ² = 1.250, df = 8, p = 0.996).