Table 2 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among women and men according to cardiac risk factors and lifestyle in participants
From: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among non institutionalized elderly in Monastir City
Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Overweight (kg/m 2 ) (n = 531) | ||||
BMI:<25 | 6/58 | 10.3 | 7/48 | 14.5 |
BMI : 25–29.9 | 17/70 | 10.0 | 23/95 | 24.2 |
BMI:≥30 | 25/52 | 48.0 | 65/208 | 31.2 |
p-value | <0.001 | <0.05 | ||
Abdominal obesity | ||||
(n = 531) | ||||
No | 26/108 | 24.0 | 5/34 | 14.7 |
Yes | 25/72 | 34.7 | 90/317 | 28.3 |
p-value | <0.01 | <0.05 | ||
Capillary Glycemia (mmol/L) | ||||
< 11 | 22/159 | 13.8 | 44/317 | 13.8 |
≥ 11.1 | 37/43 | 86.0 | 61/79 | 81.3 |
p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
Hypertension | ||||
Yes | 36/91 | 39.5 | 80/220 | 36.3 |
No | 22/111 | 26/176 | ||
p-value | <0.01 | 19.8 | <0.001 | 14.7 |
Physical activity | ||||
Yes | 4/16 | 25.0 | 2/7 | 28.5 |
No | 55/186 | 29.5 | 103/389 | 26.4 |
p-value | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||
Dependency | ||||
Severe functional impairment | 9/20 | 45.0 | 12/37 | 32.4 |
Moderate impairment | 14/40 | 35.0 | 31/110 | 28.1 |
Full function | 36/142 | 25.3 | 62/249 | 24.8 |
p-value | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||
N° of hospital admission in preceding year | ||||
≥ 1 | 15/41 | 36.5 | 22/68 | 32.3 |
<1 | 43/161 | 26.7 | 83/328 | 25.3 |
p-value | NS | NS | ||
Comorbidities | ||||
No | 28/147 | 19.1 | 44/278 | 15.8 |
Yes | 30/55 | 54.5 | 62/118 | 52.5 |
p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
N° of drugs | ||||
< 3 drugs | 14/95 | 14.7 | 13/142 | 9.1 |
≥3 drugs | 45/107 | 42.0 | 92/254 | 36.2 |
p-value | <0.001 | < 0.001 | ||