Research Article
Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Diabetes in Bangladesh: Evidence from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017/18
Table 1
Background characteristics of the study population (N = 1,174).
| | Characteristics | Number (%) |
| | Age (years), mean (SD) | 46.77 (15.62) | | 18–34 | 277 (23.6) | | 35–39 | 138 (11.7) | | 40–44 | 131 (11.2) | | 45–49 | 133 (11.3) | | 50–54 | 115 (9.8) | | 55–59 | 100 (8.5) | | 60–64 | 112 (9.5) | | ≥65 | 168 (14.3) | | Sex | | Men | 537 (45.8) | | Women | 637 (54.2) | | Body mass index, mean (SD) | 24.05 (4.46) | | Underweight (<18.5) | 128 (10.9) | | Normal weight (18.5–22.9) | 396 (33.7) | | Overweight (23.0–27.5) | 425 (36.2) | | Obese (≥27.5) | 225 (19.1) | | Education | | No education/preprimary | 296 (25.2) | | Primary | 365 (31.1) | | Secondary | 337 (28.7) | | Higher | 176 (15.0) | | Currently working | | Yes | 636 (54.1) | | No | 538 (45.9) | | Hypertension | | Yes | 538 (45.8) | | No | 636 (54.2) | | Wealth quintile | | Poorest | 128 (10.9) | | Poorer | 141 (12.0) | | Middle | 194 (16.5) | | Richer | 266 (22.7) | | Richest | 445 (37.9) | | Place of residence | | Rural | 415 (35.4) | | Urban | 758 (64.6) | | Region of residence | | Barishal | 62 (5.3) | | Chattogram | 224 (19.1) | | Dhaka | 394 (33.6) | | Khulna | 121 (10.3) | | Mymensingh | 77 (6.5) | | Rajshahi | 138 (11.7) | | Rangpur | 84 (7.1) | | Sylhet | 74 (6.3) |
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Note: all numbers and percentages are weighted. SD = standard deviation.
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