Research Article
Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes among Children Aged 11-14 Years Old in Vietnam
Table 1
Characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics | North () | Center () | South () | Total () |
| Agea | | | | | 11 years | 262 (27.3) | 253 (26.4) | 251 (26.1) | 766 (26.6) | 12 years | 243 (25.3) | 239 (24.9) | 236 (24.6) | 718 (24.9) | 13 years | 228 (23.8) | 252 (26.2) | 258 (26.9) | 738 (25.6) | 14 years | 227 (23.6) | 216 (22.5) | 215 (22.4) | 658 (22.8) | Sexa | | | | | Male | 481 (50.1) | 476 (49.6) | 487 (50.7) | 1444 (50.1) | Female | 479 (49.9) | 484 (50.4) | 473 (49.3) | 1436 (49.9) | Ethnicitya | | | | | Kinh | 735 (76.6) | 836 (87.1) | 848 (88.3) | 2419 (84.0) | Others | 225 (23.4) | 124 (12.9) | 112 (11.7) | 461 (16.0) | Place of residencea | | | | | Rural | 672 (70.0) | 608 (63.3) | 416 (43.3) | 1696 (58.9) | Urban | 288 (30.0) | 352 (36.7) | 544 (56.7) | 1184 (41.1) | Weight (kg)b | | | | | Height (cm)b | | | | | Waist circumference (cm)b | | | | | Hip circumference (cm)b | | | | | WTH ratiob | | | | | BMI (kg/m2)b | | | | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)b | | | | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)b | | | | | Body fat percentageb | | | | | Drink carbonated soft drinksa | | | | | No drink | 482 (50.2) | 357 (37.2) | 247 (25.7) | 1086 (37.7) | 1-2 times/week | 306 (31.9) | 380 (39.6) | 370 (38.5) | 1056 (36.7) | ≥3 times/week | 172 (17.9) | 223 (23.2) | 343 (35.7) | 738 (25.6) | Play any sports for at least 60 minutes per daya | | | | | No | 810 (84.4) | 832 (86.7) | 873 (90.9) | 2515 (87.3) | Yes | 150 (15.6) | 128 (13.3) | 87 (9.1) | 365 (12.7) | Time watching TV/playing video game per daya | | | | | <2 hours | 457 (47.6) | 612 (63.8) | 398 (41.5) | 1467 (50.9) | 2–3 hours | 402 (41.9) | 292 (30.4) | 382 (39.8) | 1076 (37.4) | >3 hours | 100 (10.4) | 56 (5.8) | 180 (18.8) | 336 (11.7) |
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WTH: waist-to-hip ratio; BMI: body mass index. a (%). b. |