Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Permanently Settled Tribal Individuals in Tribal and Urban Areas in Northern State of Sub-Himalayan Region of India

Table 2

Distribution of baseline characteristics among tribes of urban and tribal areas, Himachal Pradesh, 2011-2012.

Characteristics	Tribal tribes (4000)	Urban tribes (4000)	𝑃 value	Both (8000)
Male	51.8	44.7	0.00	48.2
Literate	60.2	66.0	0.00	63.1
Married	79.4	86.2	0.00	82.8
Age group
<35	45.3	39.6	0.00	42.4
36–50	31.2	34.0	0.00	32.6
51–65	17.3	18.9	0.06	18.1
>65	6.2	7.4	0.03	6.8
Occupation
Student	11.8	5.7	0.00	8.7
Farmer	24.1	4.0	0.00	14.0
Private	11.1	33.3	0.00	22.2
Domestic	42.8	50.0	0.00	46.4
Government	1.5	5.3	0.00	3.4
Retired	8.8	1.8	0.00	5.3
Nonvegetarian	94.1	93.6	0.35	93.9
Smoking	35.1	25.4	0.00	30.3
Alcohol	33.0	34.5	0.15	33.8
Physical activity
Heavy	23.0	7.3	0.00	15.2
Moderate	62.8	59.8	0.00	61.3
Mild	8.6	19.3	0.00	14.0
Sedentary	5.3	9.0	0.00	7.2