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%)