Research Article
Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Diabetes in Bangladesh: Evidence from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017/18
Table 3
Factors associated with the awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes in Bangladesh, 2017/18.
| | | Awareness-adjusted PR (95% CI) | Treatment-adjusted PR (95% CI) | Control-adjusted PR (95% CI) |
| | Individual level | | Age in years (ref: 18–34) | | 35–39 | 2.12 (1.46–3.07) | 2.30 (1.53–3.44) | 0.95 (0.43–2.12) | | 40–44 | 2.45 (1.65–3.64) | 2.49 (1.61–3.84) | 1.37 (0.63–2.96) | | 45–49 | 3.11 (2.19–4.43) | 3.21 (2.19–4.71) | 1.93 (0.93–4.03) | | 50–54 | 3.10 (2.14–4.48) | 3.22 (2.15–4.82) | 1.21 (0.52–2.79) | | 55–59 | 3.44 (2.42–4.91) | 3.69 (2.49–5.45) | 1.23 (0.57–2.65) | | 60–64 | 3.65 (2.53–5.27) | 3.88 (2.62–3.75) | 1.75 (0.83–3.69) | | ≥65 | 3.70 (2.63–5.21) | 3.72 (2.54–5.45) | 1.92 (0.97–3.81) | | Sex (ref: men) | 1.34 (1.08–1.65) | 1.32 (1.06–1.64) | 1.04 (0.69–1.56) | | Body mass index (kg/m2) (ref: normal weight) | | Underweight (<18.5) | 0.61 (0.40–0.93) | 0.68 (0.44–1.04) | 1.68 (0.99–2.86) | | Overweight (23.0–27.5) | 0.98 (0.82–1.18) | 0.97 (0.80–1.19) | 0.79 (0.55–1.14) | | Obese (≥27.5) | 1.01 (0.81–1.26) | 0.99 (0.78–1.26) | 1.09 (0.70–1.70) |
| | Education (ref: higher education) | | No education/preprimary/primary | 0.74 (0.59–0.93) | 0.69 (0.54–0.89) | 0.81 (0.54–1.23) | | Secondary | 1.03 (0.83–1.28) | 0.97 (0.76–1.23) | 0.49 (0.29–0.83) | | Currently working (ref: no) | 1.07 (0.89–1.29) | 1.02 (0.84–1.24) | 1.31 (0.90–1.92) | | Hypertension (ref: no) | 1.39 (1.17–1.64) | 1.44 (1.19–1.74) | 0.91 (0.68–1.22) |
| | Household level | | Wealth quintile (ref: lowest) | | Second | 0.80 (0.55–1.18) | 0.72 (0.48–1.08) | 0.68 (0.35–1.31) | | Middle | 1.11 (0.78–1.58) | 0.97 (0.67–1.41) | 1.02 (0.64–1.61) | | Fourth | 1.17 (0.83–1.64) | 1.07 (0.75–1.53) | 0.63 (0.36–1.11) | | Highest | 1.41 (1.00–1.99) | 1.27 (0.87–1.82) | 0.65 (0.40–1.06) |
| | Community level | | Place of residence (ref: rural) | 0.91 (0.77–1.07) | 0.94 (0.79–1.11) | 1.06 (0.76–1.47) | | Administrative division (ref: Barishal) | | Chattogram | 1.01 (0.78–1.32) | 1.03 (0.77–1.35) | 0.75 (0.44–1.27) | | Dhaka | 0.70 (0.52–0.95) | 0.68 (0.50–0.93) | 0.60 (0.34–1.04) | | Khulna | 0.97 (0.73–1.28) | 1.00 (0.76–1.34) | 0.73 (0.41–1.29) | | Mymensingh | 0.97 (0.71–1.33) | 0.99 (0.71–1.39) | 0.95 (0.54–1.70) | | Rajshahi | 1.19 (0.90–1.58) | 1.09 (0.81–1.46) | 0.48 (0.27–0.86) | | Rangpur | 1.19 (0.88–1.60) | 1.28 (0.94–1.73) | 0.53 (0.29–0.98) | | Sylhet | 0.86 (0.63–1.16) | 0.90 (0.66–1.21) | 1.04 (0.61–1.77) |
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aPR = adjusted prevalence ratio, and . |
