Table 3: Factors associated with impaired fasting blood glucose of participants.
|
Variables |
Impaired FBG 2n (%) |
Normoglycemia n (%) |
Total N (%) |
p-value1 |
|
Normal Weight |
52 (24.5) |
160 (75.5) |
212 (70.7) |
< 0.01** |
|
Overweight |
20 (28.6) |
50 (71.4) |
70 (23.3) |
< 0.01** |
|
Obese |
8 (44.4) |
10 (55.6) |
18 (6.0) |
|
|
Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
18-30 |
31 (24.0) |
98 (76.0) |
129 (43.0) |
0.03** |
|
31-40 |
19 (22.6) |
65 (77.4) |
84 (28.0) |
|
|
41-50 |
30 (34.5) |
57 (66.5) |
87 (29.0) |
|
|
LSTM (years) |
|
< 0.01** |
||
|
< 10 |
14 (25.0) |
42 (75.0) |
56 (18.7) |
0.04** |
|
(10-20) |
15 (27.8) |
39 (72.2) |
54 (18.0) |
|
|
> 20 |
51 (26.8) |
139 (73.2) |
190 (63.3) |
< 0.01** |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
||
|
Dagomba’s |
65 (24.1) |
205(75.9) |
270 (90.0) |
< 0.01** |
|
Gonja’s |
9(75.0) |
3(25.0) |
12(4.0) |
0.09 |
|
Other’s |
6(33.3) |
12(66.7) |
18(6.0) |
|
|
Other’s |
6(33.3) |
12(66.7) |
18(6.0) |
|
|
Yes |
44 (30.8) |
99 (69.2) |
143 (47.7) |
0.48 |
|
No |
36 (22.9) |
121 (77.1) |
157 (52.3) |
|
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
Males |
36 (26.9) |
98 (73.1) |
134 (44.7) |
0.03** |
|
Females |
44 (26.5) |
122 (73.5) |
166 (55.3) |
|
|
Residence |
|
|
||
|
Rural |
23 (19.2) |
97 (80.8) |
120 (40.0) |
0.02** |
|
Urban |
57 (31.7) |
123 (68.3) |
180 (60.0) |
|
FDM: Family History of Mellitus; FHPT: Family History of Hypertension; HPD diabe: History of Pre-Diabetes; HGD: History of Gestational Diabetes, FBG: Fasting Blood Glucose, 1Significance based on Pearson’s Chi-square test for categorical variables, 2proportions; **p-values significant at < 0.05. LSTM: Length of stay in Tamale Metropolis; CI: Confidence interval, others = Manprusi’s Grusi’s, Akan’s, Mou’s