Research Article
Occupational Noise Exposure and Diabetes Risk
Table 3
Associated factors to diabetes at the univariate analysis.
| Variables | Diabetes | | Yes | No | N | % | N | % |
| Gender | | | | | | Man | 34 | 13.2 | 224 | 86.8 | 0.45 | Woman | 4 | 9.1 | 40 | 90.9 |
| Marital status | | | | | | Married | 28 | 73.3 | 182 | 68.9 | 0.55 | Others | 10 | 26.3 | 82 | 31.1 |
| Level of study | | | | | | Primary | 2 | 5.3 | 35 | 13.3 | | Secondary | 24 | 63.2 | 112 | 42.4 | University | 12 | 31.6 | 117 | 44.3 |
| Number of children | | | | | | ≤2 | 23 | 60.5 | 189 | 71.6 | 0.16 | >2 | 15 | 39.5 | 75 | 28.4 |
| Tobacco consumption | | | | | | Yes | 21 | 55.3 | 126 | 48.6 | 0.44 | No | 17 | 44.7 | 133 | 51.4 |
| Alcohol consumption | | | | | | Yes | 5 | 13.2 | 33 | 86.8 | 0.73 | No | 33 | 86.8 | 238 | 90.2 |
| Physical activity | | | | | | Yes | 7 | 18.4 | 99 | 37.5 | 0.02 | No | 31 | 81.6 | 165 | 62.5 |
| Leisure activity | | | | | | Yes | 4 | 10.5 | 50 | 18.9 | 0.20 | No | 34 | 89.5 | 214 | 81.1 |
| Energy intake | | | | | | Small and average eater | 17 | 44.7 | 175 | 66.3 | 0.01 | Large eater | 21 | 55.3 | 55.3 | 33.7 |
| Obesity | | | | | | Yes | 21 | 55.3 | 104 | 39.4 | 0.06 | No | 17 | 44.7 | 160 | 60.6 |
| Stress | | | | | | Yes | 22 | 57.9 | 92 | 34.8 | 0.00 | No | 16 | 42.1 | 172 | 65.2 |
| Family history of diabetes | | | | | | Yes | 19 | 50 | 91 | 34.5 | 0.06 | No | 19 | 50 | 173 | 65.5 |
| Noise | | | | | | Yes | 24 | 63.2 | 127 | 48.1 | 0.08 | No | 14 | 36.8 | 137 | 51.9 |
| | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | | | Median (min-max) | Median (min-max) | | Age (years) | 46 [26–60] | | 42 [25–60] | | 0.03 | Job seniority (years) | 19 [2–37] | | 10 [1–38] | | 0.00 |
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Not applicable test; SD: standard deviation. |