Diabetes Risk by Length of Residence among Somali Women in Oslo Area

Table 1

Differences in diabetes risk among study participants.

Indicators	Unweighted	RDS weighted	Diabetes risk		value
	(%)	% (CI)	Not at risk (59%)	At risk (41%)
Education
University	20 ()	7 (4–10)	42.1	57.9
Secondary	61 (20.7)	23 (17–29)	62.0	38.0
Primary	138 (46.8)	45 (38–52)	58.7	41.3
No education	76 (25.8)	25 (19–30)	70.8	29.2
Age
25–35	95 (32)	35 (27–42)	69.8	30.2
36–45	163 (55)	53 (46–61)	60.0	40.0
>45	37 ()	12 (7–16)	47.2	52.8
Years in Norway
≤5	85 (30.4)	31 (25–37)	76.0	24.0
6–10	68 (24.3)	24 (18–30)	56.0	44.0
11+	127 (45.4)	45 (38–52)	55.0	45.0
Self-reported weight
Normal	133 (44.3)	41 (34–47)	74	26
Heavy/very heavy	167 (55.7)	59 (53–65)	50	50
Body mass index
Normal	65 (21.6)	17.8 (0.12–0.22)	87.0	13.3
Overweight	130 (43.2)	45.7 (0.39–0.52)	68.9	31.1
Obese	106 (35.2)	36.5 (0.29–0.43)	34.7	65.3
Waist circumference
Normal	11 (3.7)	2 (0.03–0.4)	100	0
Overweight	36 (12.2)	11 (0.06–15)	78.8	21.2
Obese	247 (84)	87 (82–91)	56.2	43.8
Physical activity
Yes	41 (13.6)	15 (9–21)	73.7	26.3
No	261 (86.4)	85 (79–90)	58.6	41.4
Vegetables/fruit
Yes	149 (49.3)	50 (42–57)	59.3	40.7
No	153 (50.7)	50 (42–57)	62.0	38.0
Hypertension
No	283 (93.7)	94 (90–97)	63.2	36.8
Yes	19 (6.3)	6 (3–9)	18.7	81.2
Hyperglycemia
No	263 (88.6)	88 (83–93)	67.6	32.4
Yes	34 (11.4)	12 (0.7–17)	9.1	90.9
Family diabetes
No	163 (55.4)	53 (45–60)	90.0	10.0
Extended family	40 (13.6)	13 (8–18)	47.4	52.6
Close family	91 (31)	34 (27–41)	16.9	83.1