Research Article
Diabetes Burden in Urban and Rural Senegalese Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2012
Table 1
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of participants.
| | All participants () | Urban areas () | Rural areas () | value | | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted |
| Age (years) | 48.0 ± 16.9 (18–87) | | 51.6 ± 15.7 | | 43.5 ± 17.2 | | <0.01 | Age group | | | | | | | <0.01 | 18–34 years | 25.6% | | 16.0% | | 37.8% | | | 35–49 years | 25.3% | | 26.1% | | 24.2% | | | 50–60 years | 23.6% | | 28.0% | | 18.1% | | | >60 years | 25.5% | | 29.9% | | 19.9% | | | School education | 60.7% | 52% | 63.4% | 47.5% | 55.6% | 45.8% | 0.19 | Family diabetes history | 30.2% | 28.3% | 35.1% | 29.6% | 28.6% | 26.4% | 0.04 | Fruits/vegetables consumption (≥3 portions/day) | 39.0% | 36.7% | 42.3% | 40.5% | 34.6% | 25.6% | 0.05 | Smoking |
4.2% |
2.9% |
5.2% |
3.1% |
2.8% |
1.7% | 0.05 | Physical inactivity | 58.1% | 53.5% | 61.7% | 56.2% | 55.3% | 48.6% | 0.02 | Hypertension | 39.1% | 32.1% | 43.3% | 36.8% | 33.8% | 29.2% | 0.08 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.3 ± 6.8 | 26.9 ± 1.6 | 27.9 ± 7.3 | 24.6 ± 1.3 | 24.1 ± 5.5 | 12.7 ± 5.1 | 0.03 | Obesity | 23.4% | 20.5% | 33.8% | 31.6% | 10.2% |
9.4% | 0.01 | Waist circumference (cm) | 90.6 ± 16.1 | 90.1 ± 8.2 | 94.4 ± 15.6 | 91.6 ± 10 | 86.0 ± 15.6 | 82.4 ± 8.5 | 0.01 | Abdominal obesity | 53.1% | 48.6% | 63.9% | 59.5% | 40.0% | 33.4% | 0.01 | Total cholesterol (g/L) | 2.18 ± 0.5 | 2.15 ± 0.1 | 2.25 ± 0.5 | 2.61 ± 3.2 | 2.10 ± 0.4 | 2.08 ± 1.1 | <0.01 | Hypercholesterolemia | 56.0% | 54.6% | 62.5% | 59.3% | 46.7% | 43.4% | 0.53 |
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Adjusted for age.
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