Prevalence of Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors among a Group of Prisoners in the Yaoundé Central Prison

Table 1

Risk factors associated with diabetes among inmates in univariate analysis.

Variables	Overall	Diabetes+, (%)	Diabetes-, (%)	OR (95% CI)	value
Sex
Male	341 (100)	35 (10.3)	306 (89.7)	1.7 (0.7–4.2)	0.118
Female	96 (100)	6 (6.3)	90 (93.7)
Age (years)
<20	6 (100)	1 (2.4)	5 (1.3)	1.9 (0.2–17.1)	0.448
20-39	281 (100)	23 (57.5)	258 (65.5)	0.7 (0.4–1.3)	0.160
40-59	109 (100)	13 (31.7)	96 (24.2)	1.4 (0.7–2.9)	0.150
>60	41 (100)	4 (9.8)	37 (9.3)	1.0 (0.3–3.1)	0.552
Social class
Low social class	241 (100)	22 (53.7)	219 (55.3)	0.9 (0.5–1.8)	0.419
Middle social class	74 (100)	6 (14.6)	68 (17.2)	0.8 (0.3–2.0)	0.355
High social class	122 (100)	13 (32.5)	109 (27.7)	1.3 (0.6–2.5)	0.258
Hypertension	173 (100)	24 (58.5)	149 (37.6)	2.3 (1.2–4.5)	0.005
Obesity	51 (100)	12 (29.3)	39 (9.8)	3.8 (1.8–8.0)	<0.001
Smoking	138 (100)	18 (43.9)	120 (30.3)	1.8 (0.9–3.4)	0.042
Alcohol consumption	123 (100)	14 (34.1)	109 (27.5)	1.4 (0.7–2.7)	0.187
Sedentary lifestyle	398 (100)	34 (82.9)	364 (91.9)	0.4 (0.2–1.0)	0.039
Reason of detention
Offense	250 (100)	22 (53.7)	228 (57.6)	0.8 (0.4–1.6)	0.315
Minor crimes	67 (100)	1 (2.4)	66 (16.9)	0.1 (0.01–0.9)	0.003
Major crimes	120 (100)	18 (46.2)	102 (26.7)	2.3 (1.2–4.6)	<0.001
Length of incarceration
Low	387 (100)	33 (80.5)	354 (89.4)	0.5 (0.2–1.2)	0.055
Average	41 (100)	7 (17.1)	34 (8.6)	2.2 (0.9–5.3)	0.051
Long	9 (100)	1 (2.4)	8 (2)	1.2 (0.1–9.4)	0.591
Sentence severity
Short sentence	94 (100)	9 (22)	85 (21.5)	1.0 (0.5–2.2)	0.460
Average sentence	74 (100)	5 (12.2)	69 (17.4)	0.6 (0.2–1.7)	0.206
Severe sentence	43 (100)	7 (17.1)	36 (9.1)	2.0 (0.8–4.9)	0.064