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Table 4 Prevalence of total and previously diagnosed diabetes* according to selected socio-demographic and nutritional characteristics, baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), n = 14912, 2008-2010

From: High prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycemia – The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

 

Total diabetes

Previously diagnosed diabetes

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted**

Unadjusted

Adjusted**

Population correlate

n

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

P value

n

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

P value

Sex

     

<0.0001

     

<0.0001

 Men

1572

23.2

22.2-24.2

23.4

22.5-24.4

 

762

11.2

10.5-12.0

11.4

10.7-12.2

 

 Women

1350

16.6

15.8-17.4

16.4

15.6-17.2

 

683

8.4

7.8-9.0

8.3

7.7-8.9

 

Age (years)

     

<0.0001

     

<0.0001

 35-44

240

7.2

6.4-8.1

7.9

7.0-8.9

 

99

3.0

2.4-3.6

3.2

2.7-3.9

 

 45-54

993

16.9

16.0-17.9

16.5

15.6-17.4

 

432

7.4

6.7-8.0

7.1

6.5-7.8

 

 55-64

1142

27.4

26.1-28.8

27.0

25.7-28.3

 

592

14.2

13.2-15.3

14.1

13.0-15.1

 

 65-74

547

35.0

32.7-37.4

34.6

32.3-37.0

 

322

20.6

18.6-22.6

20.8

18.8-22.9

 

Body mass index (BMI)

     

<0.0001

     

<0.0001

 <25 kg/m2

592

10.8

9.9-11.6

11.7

10.9-12.6

 

268

4.9

4.3-5.4

5.3

4.8-6.0

 

 25-29.9 kg/m2

1187

19.8

18.8-20.8

18.9

18.0-19.9

 

603

10.1

9.3-10.8

9.6

8.9-10.3

 

 ≥30 kg/m2

1143

33.5

31.9-35.1

32.1

30.6-33.6

 

574

16.8

15.6-18.1

16.0

14.8-17.2

 

Race/Color

     

<0.0001

     

<0.0001

 White

1291

16.6

15.8-17.4

17.7

16.8-18.6

 

634

8.1

7.5-8.8

8.6

7.9-9.3

 

 Brown

836

19.9

18.7-21.1

19.3

18.1-20.5

 

406

9.7

8.8-10.6

9.6

8.7-10.5

 

 Black

655

27.4

25.6-29.1

24.4

22.7-26.1

 

329

13.7

12.4-15.1

12.3

11.0-13.6

 

 Indigenous

45

28.7

21.5-35.8

20.9

15.9-27.0

 

22

14.0

8.5-19.5

9.8

6.5-14.6

 

 Asian

95

25.4

21.0-29.8

28.5

24.3-33.1

 

54

14.4

10.9-18.0

15.7

12.4-19.7

 

Educational attainment

     

<0.0001

     

<0.0001

 Incomplete elementary

331

37.7

34.5-40.9

26.5

24.0-29.2

 

177

20.1

17.5-22.8

13.2

11.4-15.3

 

 Incomplete secondary

307

30.1

27.3-32.9

23.4

21.2-25.8

 

154

15.1

12.9-17.3

11.4

9.8-13.2

 

 Secondary school

1123

21.7

20.5-22.8

22.1

21.0-23.3

 

555

10.7

9.9-11.6

11.2

10.3-12.1

 

 University degree

1161

14.8

14.0-15.6

16.1

15.3-17.0

 

559

7.1

6.6-7.7

7.7

7.1-8.4

 
  1. *considering self-reported diagnosis, use of medication, and a full accounting of glucose abnormalities (Definition 1a in Table 1).
  2. **Adjusted for other variables in table and study center.