Community-Based Diabetes Screening and Risk Assessment in Rural West Virginia

Table 1

Sample characteristics of participants by diagnosed diabetes and undiagnosed high risk and low risk ().

Variables	Diagnosed diabetes by a HCP		Undiagnosed; high risk		Low risk		value
	(; 15.2%)		(; 49.8%)		(; 34.2%)
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Sex							0.010
Female	56	69.1	221	83.7	140	76.1
Male	25	30.9	43	16.3	44	23.9
Ethnicity							0.084
Non-Hispanic Whites	77	95.1	238	90.5	158	86.3
Minorities	4	4.9	25	9.5	25	13.7
Age	Mean = 51.2 ± 16.4 years						<0.001
18–44	13	16.0	40	15.2	134	72.8
45–64	41	50.6	121	45.8	49	26.6
≥65	27	33.3	103	39.0	1
Education							0.382
≤High school grad	35	50.7	92	41.3	66	43.4
College grad; or some college	34	49.3	131	58.7	86	56.6
Exercise at least 30 minutes							0.481
Less than once a week	35	43.8	107	40.7	63	34.8
1-2 times per week	26	32.5	76	28.9	60	33.1
3-4 or more times per week	19	23.8	80	30.4	58	32.0
Body mass index	Mean = 31.1 ± 7.5						<0.001
Under/normal	5	6.5	38	15.6	55	31.6
Overweight	22	28.6	85	34.8	53	30.5
Obese	50	64.9	121	49.6	66	37.9
Read food labels							0.008
Yes	53	66.3	182	70.5	101	56.1
No	27		76		79
Smoke							<0.001
Yes	11	13.8	21	8.1	42	24.3
No	69	86.3	239	91.9	131	75.7
History of hypertension							0.040
Yes	64	84.2	180	72.3	119	68.8
No	12	15.8	69	27.2	54	31.2
Family history of hypertension							<0.001
Yes	50	64.9	114	46.3	38	22.0
No	27	35.1	132	53.7	135	78.0

Note: HCP: healthcare provider.