Assessment of the Common Risk Factors Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Jeddah

Table 4

Multivariate logistic regression model for association of risk factors with diabetes among adults.

Variables	Cases (%)	Controls (%)	Adjusted OR	value
Age (in years)
40	61.5	11.2	Reference	0.0001
41–50	23.7	18.9	14.84 (3.92–56.23)
51–60	32.9	14.8	24.59 (5.88–102.85)
60	32.2	4.9	44.91 (8.12–248.49)
Educational level
Illiterate	34.0	7.9	6.04 (0.47–78.49)	0.050
Primary	20.3	10.2	8.59 (0.7–104.68)
Secondary	15.7	14.2	1.11 (0.1–12.01)
Intermediate	10.5	23.6	3.65 (0.33–40.51)
Bachelor degree	17.6	39.4	4.74 (0.53–42.41)
Master degree	2.0	4.7	Reference
Occupation
Employee	22.6	18.1	Reference	0.0001
Volunteer/student	3.8	42.5	0.01 (0.00–0.06)
Jobless/housewife	54.2	33.9	0.37 (0.1–1.34)
Retired	19.4	5.5	0.22 (0.05–1.05)
Salary (in Saudi riyals)
1,000–2,000	14.2	12.9	9.97 (1.53–64.79)	0.010
2,000–5,000	46.6	24.1	9.24 (2.17–39.37)
5,000–7,000	20.3	21.6	2.4 (0.56–10.31)
7,000–10,000	11.5	14.7	7.32 (1.39–38.46)
10,000	7.4	26.7	Reference
Marital status
Single	5.2	29.8	Reference	0.040
Married	73.4	58.7	0.15 (0.03–0.79)
Divorced/widowed	21.4	11.6	0.09 (0.01–0.61)
Currently smoking
Yes	16.4	4.7	13.74 (2.59–72.85)	0.002
No	83.6	95.3	Reference