High Prevalence of Autoimmune Diabetes and Poor Glycaemic Control among Adults in Madagascar: A Brief Report from a Humanitarian Health Campaign in Ambanja

Table 1

Population features.

	Diabetes ()	Nondiabetes ()
Age, years (mean ± SD)	57.4 ± 11.8	62.4 ± 13.9	0.13
Sex			0.14
M, n (%)	20 (47.6)	7 (29.2)
F, n (%)	22 (52.4)	17 (70.8)
BMI, kg/m^2 (mean ± SD)	23.4 ± 4.6	25.1 ± 5.3	0.16
Waist circumference, cm (mean ± SD)	83.4 ± 14.9	84.4 ± 12.0	0.79
Blood pressure
Systolic, mmHg (mean ± SD)	144.5 ± 31.0	142.7 ± 27.0	0.81
Diastolic, mmHg (mean ± SD)	90.6 ± 14.8	89.5 ± 14.7	0.79
Smoke, n (%)	5 (11.9)	2 (8.3)	0.50
Alcohol, n (%)	6 (14.3)	3 (12.5)	0.58
Family history of DM, n (%)	14 (33.3)	5 (21.7)	0.25
Family history of obesity, n (%)	16 (38.1)	9 (37.5)	0.59
Fasting glycaemia, mg/dl (mean ± SD)	219.4 ± 118.2	104.2 ± 19.7	<0.01
HbA1c, % (mean ± SD)	8.6 ± 2.9	5.8 ± 0.7	<0.01