Table 2.

Behavioral characteristics of adults aged 18 years and above in urban northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variable	Blood sugar status			Total—n (%)
	Normal—n (%)	Prediabetes—n (%)	Diabetes—n (%)
Frequency of eating vegetables per week
No eating	182 (27.9)	37 (51.4)	23 (46.9)	242 (31.3)
1-3 times	359 (55.1)	23 (31.9)	15 (30.6)	397 (51.4)
4-7 times	111 (17.0)	12 (16.7)	11 (22.5)	134 (17.3)
Frequency of eating fruit per week
No eating	364 (55.8)	44 (61.1)	30 (61.2)	438 (56.7)
1-3 times	226 (34.7)	24 (33.3)	15 (30.6)	265 (34.3)
4-7 times	62 (9.5)	4 (5.6)	4 (8.2)	70 (9.1)
Frequency of eating fatty meal per week
No eating	496 (76.1)	48 (66.7)	35 (71.4)	579 (74.9)
1-3 times	108 (16.6)	13 (18.1)	8 (16.3)	129 (16.7)
4-7 times	48 (7.4)	11 (15.3)	6 (12.2)	65 (8.4)
Type of oil
Cruddy oil	456 (69.9)	51 (70.8)	31 (63.3)	538 (69.6)
Liquid oil	196 (30.1)	21 (29.1)	18 (36.7)	235 (30.4)
Current smoking
Yes	14 (2.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.0)	15 (1.94)
No	638 (97.8)	72 (100.0)	48 (98)	758 (98.1)
Drink alcohol in the last 30 days
Yes	261 (40.0)	25 (34.7)	11 (22.4)	297 (38.4)
No	391 (60.0)	47 (65.3)	38 (77.6)	476 (61.6)
Number of hours sitting in typical day
1-5	588 (90.3)	68 (94.4)	42 (85.7)	698 (90.4)
6-12	63 (9.7)	4 (5.6)	7 (14.3)	74 (9.6)
At least moderate physical activity
Yes	443 (67.9)	36 (50.0)	23 (46.9)	502 (64.9)
No	209 (32.1)	36 (50.0)	26 (53.1)	271 (35.1)
Waist circumference
Normal	419 (64.3)	42 (58.3)	21 (42.9)	482 (62.4)
High risk	233 (35.7)	30 (41.7)	28 (57.1)	291 (37.6)
BP status
<140/90 mmHg	581 (89.1)	66 (91.7)	36 (73.5)	683 (88.4)
≥140/90 mmHg	71 (10.9)	6 (8.3)	13 (26.5)	90 (11.6)

BP: blood pressure; High-risk waist circumference: ≥94 cm for male and ≥80 cm for female.