Table 2.
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and pre-diabetes by nationality and demographic characteristics
| Characteristics | Omani | Non-Omani | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of pre-diabetes N (%, 95 CI) | Prevalence of diabetes N (%, 95 CI) | Prevalence of pre-diabetes N (%, 95 CI) | Prevalence of diabetes N (%, 95 CI) | Prevalence of pre-diabetes N (%, 95 CI) | Prevalence of diabetes N (%, 95 CI) | |
| Age group | ||||||
| 18–29 | 138 (8.6,(7.7–9.6)) | 55 (3.1,(2.1–4.4)) | 80 (11.8,(9.8–14.1)) | 34 (3.2,(1.9–5.2)) | 218 (9.3,(8.4–10.2)) | 89 (3.1,(2.3–4.2)) |
| 30–39 | 201 (12.8,(11.8–13.9)) | 119 (6.1,(4.7–7.8)) | 112 (13,(11.3–14.9)) | 99 (12.4,(9.2–16.5)) | 313 (12.9,(12.1–13.7)) | 218 (8.23,(6.7–10.0)) |
| 40–49 | 148 (14.6,(12.9–16.6)) | 166 (20.6,(14.7–28.1)) | 83 (11.3,(9.7–13)) | 105 (25.7,(20.0–32.2)) | 231 (13.5,(12.2–14.9)) | 271 (22.3,(17.9–27.5)) |
| 50–59 | 81 (10.5,(9.1–12)) | 162 (34.7,(26.6–3.7)) | 30 (15.3,(12.7–18.3)) | 81 (37.8,(27.5–49.3)) | 111 (11.7,(10.4–13)) | 243 (35.5,(28.8–42.8)) |
| 60 & above | 91 (12.6,(11.5–13.9)) | 205 (39.8,(31.7–48.4)) | 5 (11.2,(7.4–16.5)) | 28 (58.0,(38.5–75.2)) | 96 (12.4,(11.3–13.6)) | 233 (42.6,(35.1–50.5)) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 249 (10.1,(9.4–10.8)) | 253 (13.5,(10.3–17.4)) | 261 (12.4,(11.1–13.9)) | 290 (18.4,(15.3–22.0)) | 510 (11,(10.3–11.7)) | 543 (15.4,(13.0–18.1)) |
| Female | 410 (12.6,(11.8–13.4)) | 454 (15.3,(13.0–18.1)) | 49 (12.3,(10.1–14.9)) | 57 (20.1,(14.3–27.5)) | 459 (12.6,(11.8–13.3)) | 511 (16.1,(13.8–18.6)) |
| Education level | ||||||
| No formal education | 230 (15.5,(14.4–16.8)) | 373 (31.8,(27.0–37.0)) | 76 (14.7,(13.3–16.3)) | 83 (23.6,(17.5–30.9)) | 306 (15.4,(14.4–16.4)) | 456 (30.3,(26.2–34.8)) |
| Preparatory or less | 80 (12.6,(10.9–14.4)) | 98 (23.4,(17.6–30.3)) | 75 (13.5,(12.2–14.9)) | 88 (20.4,(15.4–26.5)) | 155 (12.9,(11.8–14.1)) | 186 (22.2,(18.1–27.0)) |
| Secondary completed | 224 (10.3,(9.6–11.1)) | 156 (8.5,(5.7–12.2)) | 74 (10.5,(8.6–12.7)) | 96 (22.3,(15.5–31.0)) | 298 (10.4,(9.7–11.1)) | 252 (11.0,(8.4–14.2)) |
| University & above | 124 (9.7,(8.6–11)) | 80 (7.57,(4.7–11.9)) | 85 (12.5,(10.6–14.6)) | 79 (15.0,(11.1–19.9)) | 209 (10.8,(9.8–11.9)) | 159 (10.5,(8.0–13.6)) |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Never married | 89 (8.3,(7.4–9.4)) | 42 (4.3,(2.1–8.5)) | 72 (12.1,(9.6–15.1)) | 33 (5.3,(2.8–9.8)) | 161 (9.1,(8.2–10.2)) | 75 (4.6,(2.6–7.7)) |
| Currently married | 496 (13,(12.3–13.7)) | 544 (17.3,(14.7–20.1)) | 233 (12.6,(11.3–13.9)) | 309 (22.2,(18.9–25.8)) | 729 (12.8,(12.3–13.4)) | 853 (18.8,(16.7–21.0)) |
| Divorced/Separated | 22 (12.3,(9.8–15.2)) | 91 (22.2,(8.8–45.5)) | 4 (16.2,(9.3–26.7)) | 2 (48.3,(12.5–85.9)) | 26 (12.5,(10.1–15.3)) | 103 (23.6,(10.4–5.3)) |
| Widowed | 52 (10.6,(9.1–12.3)) | 98 (34.7,(24.0–47.1)) | 1 (3.3,(1.7–6.2)) | 3 (30.5,(5.4–76.9)) | 53 (10.1,(8.7–11.7)) | 101 (34.4,(24.1–6.4)) |
| Work status | ||||||
| Public sector employee | 163 (13.7,(12.3–15.1)) | 124 (11.4,(8.2–15.7)) | 32 (11.2,(8.7–14.2)) | 27 (13.6,(7.8–22.6)) | 195 (13.4,(12.2–14.7)) | 151 (11.6,(8.6–15.5)) |
| Private sector employee | 60 (5.9,(5.2–6.7)) | 77 (13.9,(7.5–24.4)) | 244 (12.5,(11.3–13.9)) | 278 (17.8,(14.7–21.3)) | 304 (10.3,(9.4–11.3)) | 355 (16.5,(13.3–20.3)) |
| Not currently working | 435 (11.9,(11.3–12.6)) | 506 (15.9,(13.5–18.5)) | 34 (12.4,(10.2–14.9)) | 42 (24.6,(17.0–34.2)) | 469 (11.9,(11.3–12.6)) | 548 (16.8,(14.5–19.4)) |
| Total | 659 (11.5,(11.0–12.1)) | 707 (14.5,(12.5–16.8)) | 310 (12.5,(11.7–13.3)) | 347 (18.8,(16.0–22.0)) | 969 (11.8,(11.4–12.2)) | 1054 (15.7,(14.0–17.5)) |