Table 1: Socio-demographic and
anthropometric characteristics of the study population.
Host characteristic |
Bafoussam (n = 110) |
Bamenda (n = 112) |
P-value |
Age in years, mean (± SD) |
40.21 ± 15.26 |
37.87 ± 13.32 |
0.226 |
Males |
40.59 ± 15.48 |
38.89
± 11.82 |
0.483 |
Female |
38.83 ± 14.69 |
36.82 ± 14.76 |
0.578 |
Age stratification (years) 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 > 70 |
31
(29.2%) 31
(29.2%) 16
(15.1%) 13
(12.3%) 10
(9.4%) 5
(4.7%) |
25
(24.0%) 42
(40.4%) 20
(19.2%) 10
(9.6%) 5
(4.8%) 2
(1.9%) |
0.845 |
Number of diabetics 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 > 70 p-value |
1
(3.2%) 2
(6.5%) 1
(6.2%) 3 (23.1%) 2 (20.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.070 |
3 (12.0%) 3
(7.1%) 3 (15.0%) 2 (20.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0
(0.0%) 0.829 |
|
Marital status |
|
|
0.274 |
Married |
65
(59.1%) |
58 (51.8%) |
|
Unmarried |
45 (40.9%) |
54 (48.2%) |
|
Level of education |
|
|
0.894 |
Primary |
62 (56.4%) |
60 (53.6%) |
|
Secondary |
44 (40.0%) |
47 (42.0%) |
|
Tertiary |
4 (3.6%) |
5 (4.5%) |
|
Settled way of life |
|
|
0.352 |
Yes |
60 (54.5%) |
68 (60.7%) |
|
No |
50 (45.5%) |
44 (39.3%) |
|
Smoking status |
|
|
0.009 |
Smoker |
48 (43.6%) |
30 (26.8%) |
|
Non smoker |
62 (56.4%) |
82 (73.2%) |
|
Alcohol intake |
|
|
0.112 |
Yes |
86 (78.2%) |
77 (68.8%) |
|
No |
24 (21.8%) |
35 (31.2%) |
|
BMI |
|
|
|
Normal 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25 Male Female |
65 (59.1%) 15 (13.6%) |
51 (45.5%) 32 (28.6%) |
|
Overweight 25 ≤ BMI < 30 Male Female |
3 (2.7%) 2 (1.8%) |
1 (0.9%) 6 (5.4%) |
|
Obese BMI ≥ 30 Male Female |
0 (0.0%) 2 (1.8%) |
0 (0.0%) 2 (1.8%) |
|
Underweight BMI < 18.5 Male Female P-value |
18 (16.4%) 5 (4.5%) 0.035 |
5 (4.5%) 15 (13.4%) 0.002 |
|
Waist circumference |
|
|
0.604 |
˃ 90 cm (Male) |
3 (3.5%) |
5 (5.3%) |
|
˂ 90 cm |
83 (96.5%) |
54 (94.7%) |
|
˃ 80 cm (Female) |
10 (41.7%) |
25 (45.5%) |
0.755 |
˂ 80 cm |
14 (58.3%) |
30 (54.5%) |
|
Family history of diabetes |
|
|
0.316 |
Yes |
32 (29.1%) |
38 (33.9%) |
|
No |
74 (67.3%) |
73 (65.2%) |
|
Unknown |
4 (3.6%) |
1 (0.9%) |
|
Serological status |
|
|
0.0001 |
HIV+ Male Female |
14 (12.7%) 6 (5.5%) |
32 (30.4%) 34 (30.4%) |
|
HIV- Male Female P-value |
72 (65.5%) 18 (16.4%) 0.000 |
25 (22.3%) 21 (18.8%) 0.000 |
|
Non diabetic |
73 (68.9%) |
63 (56.8%) |
0.326 |
Impair fasting blood glucose |
11 (10.4%) |
17 (15.3%) |
|
Impaired OGTT |
13 (40.6%) |
19 (59.4%) |
|
Diabetes patients |
9 (8.5%) |
12 (10.8%) |