Research Article
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 |
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