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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of population at risk of T2D in Barranquilla and Bogotá, Colombia in 2018

From: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a population at risk of type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in two Latin American cities

Variable

Total

1135 (100)

City

Barranquilla

587 (51.7)

Bogota D.C

548 (48.3)

p-valuea

Gender

Male

268 (23.6)

143 (24.4)

125 (22.8)

0.539

Female

867 (76.4)

444 (75.6)

423 (77.2)

 

Age groups (years)

30–44

226 (19.9)

140 (23.9)

86 (15.7)

 < 0.001

45–54

289 (25.5)

168 (28.6)

121 (22.1)

 

55–64

338 (29.8)

164 (27.9)

174 (31.8)

 

 > 64

282 (24.8)

115 (19.6)

167 (30.5)

 

Education level

No schooling

287 (25.3)

97 (16.5)

190 (34.7)

 < 0.001

Elementary school

475 (41.9)

247 (42.1)

228 (41.7)

 

Junior high school

247 (21.8)

161 (27.4)

86 (15.7)

 

Higher

125 (11.0)

82 (14.0)

43 (7.9)

 

Physical activity

Low

854 (75.2)

538 (91.7)

316 (57.7)

 < 0.001

Moderate

186 (16.4)

30 (5.1)

156 (28.5)

 

High

95 (8.4)

19 (3.2)

76 (13.9)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

Normal weight

140 (12.3)

67 (11.4)

73 (13.3)

0.006

Overweight

467 (41.1)

220 (37.5)

247 (45.1)

 

Obesity

528 (46.5)

300 (51.1)

228 (41.6)

 

Glucose classification

IFG, IGT or IFG + IGT

182 (16.0)

110 (18.7)

72 (13.1)

0.002

T2D

102 (9.0)

63 (10.7)

39 (7.1)

 

Hypertension treatment

Yes

437 (38.5)

226 (38.5)

211 (38.5)

0.999

Current smokers

Yes

88 (7.8)

24 (4.1)

64 (11.8)

 < 0.001

  1. aHomogeneity test (X2); n (%). BMI, body mass index; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; T2D, type 2 diabetes