Observational Study
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World J Clin Pediatr. Dec 9, 2024; 13(4): 91638
Published online Dec 9, 2024. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v13.i4.91638
Table 1 Socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of the study participants
Variables Males, n = 1291271 Females, n = 1289011 Total, n = 2580282 Age in years, mean (SD) 16.97 (1.39) 17.00 (1.40) 16.99 (1.40) Respondents’ education, n = 257984 No education 4185 (43.39) 5533 (56.61) 9718 (3.86) Primary education 7442 (51.08) 7315 (48.92) 14757 (5.77) Secondary education 110891 (50.33) 108314 (49.67) 219205 (83.93) Higher education 6589 (46.51) 7715 (53.49) 14304 (6.44) Religion, n = 139062 Hindu 12631 (12.08) 91715 (87.92) 104346 (79.95) Muslim 2116 (11.03) 17549 (88.97) 19665 (15.69) Others 1903 (12.86) 13148 (87.14) 15051 (4.36) Residence Urban 31058 (52.74) 28303 (47.26) 59361 (29.64) Rural 98069 (48.65) 100598 (51.35) 198667 (70.36) Wealth index Poorest 29734 (47.99) 31166 (52.01) 60900 (21.87) Poorer 30774 (48.73) 31748 (51.27) 62522 (22.37) Middle 26967 (49.64) 26970 (50.36) 53937 (20.69) Richer 22600 (50.53) 22173 (49.47) 44773 (18.8) Richest 19052 (53.45) 16844 (46.55) 35896 (16.26) Tobacco consumption, n = 257580 No 118792 (48.36) 126756 (51.64) 245548 (96.19) Yes 9920 (86.28) 2112 (13.72) 12032 (3.81) Alcohol usage, n = 257610 No 125356 (49.39) 128255 (50.61) 253611 (98.89) Yes 3380 (87.2) 619 (12.8) 3999 (1.11) BMI, n = 134346 Normal 12333 (10.78) 100459 (89.22) 112792 (82.74) Thin 2333 (18.39) 10600 (81.61) 12933 (10.37) Overweight/obese 1211 (13.47) 7410 (86.53) 8621 (6.88) Health seeking behaviour in past 3 months, n = 139058 None 13733 (13.01) 91180 (86.99) 104913 (74.07) Public facility 1629 (8.06) 19130 (91.94) 20759 (14.13) Private facility 1268 (10.04) 11740 (89.96) 13008 (11.48) Other 20 (4.44) 358 (95.56) 378 (0.32)
Table 2 Distribution of factors associated with diabetes mellitus (previously and newly diagnosed cases)
Variables DM absent, n = 221556 DM present, n = 2359 Unadjusted RR (95%CI) Adjusted RR (95%CI) Age in years, mean (SD) 16.98 (1.40) 17.11 (1.40) 1.07 (1.02-1.11)a 1.09 (1.02-1.15)a Sex Male 105161 (98.87) 1168 (1.13) Reference - Female 116395 (98.95) 1191 (1.05) 0.93 (0.83-1.04) Respondents’ education No education 7785 (99.24) 73 (0.76) Reference Reference Primary education 12239 (98.95) 142 (1.05) 1.38 (0.97-1.96) 1.14 (0.74-1.75) Secondary education 189093 (98.91) 1987 (1.09) 1.43 (1.07-1.91)a 1.31 (0.91-1.88) Higher education 12414 (98.83) 156 (1.17) 1.53 (1.09-2.15)a 1.13 (0.73-1.76) Religion Hindu 98145 (98.95) 1006 (1.05) Reference - Muslim 17820 (98.78) 210 (1.22) 1.17 (0.95-1.44) Others 14248 (98.85) 151 (1.15) 1.10 (0.81-1.49) Residence Urban 49616 (98.88) 562 (1.12) Reference - Rural 171940 (98.93) 1797 (1.07) 0.96 (0.84-1.11) Wealth index Poorest 52225 (99.05) 486 (0.95) Reference Reference Poorer 54247 (98.86) 612 (1.14) 1.19 (1.01-1.41)a 1.22 (0.97-1.53) Middle 47012 (98.86) 523 (1.14) 1.20 (1.01-1.42)a 1.21 (0.97-1.52) Richer 38521 (98.89) 428 (1.11) 1.16 (0.98-1.39) 1.11 (0.88-1.41) Richest 29551 (98.93) 310 (1.07) 1.12 (0.93-1.36) 1.19 (0.92-1.54) Tobacco consumption No 211095 (98.92) 2242 (1.08) Reference - Yes 10087 (98.67) 115 (1.33) 1.23 (0.96-1.57) Alcohol usage No 217809 (98.91) 2332 (1.09) Reference - Yes 3402 (99.12) 25 (0.88) 0.81 (0.47-1.38) BMI Normal 110800 (99.01) 1088 (0.99) Reference Reference Thin 12659 (98.78) 153 (1.22) 1.24 (0.99-1.56) 1.24 (0.99-1.56) Overweight/obese 8377 (98.13) 141 (1.87) 1.90 (1.50-2.40)b 1.85 (1.46-2.34)b Health seeking behaviour in past 3 months None 97890 (98.92) 993 (1.08) Reference - Public facility 19697 (98.78) 242 (1.22) 1.14 (0.93-1.39) Private facility 12261 (99.1) 128 (0.9) 0.84 (0.66-1.06) Other 361 (99.4) 4 (0.6) 0.56 (0.18-1.73)
Table 3 Distribution of factors associated with treatment status in diabetes mellitus (previously diagnosed cases)
Variables On treatment, n = 1088 Not on treatment, n = 656 Unadjusted OR (95%CI) Adjusted OR (95%CI) Age in years, mean (SD) 17.00 (1.39) 17.24 (1.42) 1.13 (1.03-1.24)a 1.08 (0.95-1.24) Sex Male 553 (63.81) 308 (36.19) Reference - Female 535 (57.93) 348 (42.07) 1.28 (0.98-1.67) Respondents’ education No education 38 (70.58) 16 (29.42) Reference Reference Primary education 66 (57.18) 44 (42.82) 1.80 (0.75-4.29) 1.61 (0.53-4.88) Secondary education 922 (61.92) 547 (38.08) 1.48 (0.70-3.09) 1.10 (0.44-2.78) Higher education 62 (48.58) 48 (51.42) 2.54 (1.07-6.04)a 1.77 (0.59-5.32) Religion Hindu 445 (59.12) 289 (40.88) Reference - Muslim 99 (63.13) 54 (36.87) 0.84 (0.48-1.47) Others 83 (53.26) 43 (46.74) 1.27 (0.63-2.55) Residence Urban 238 (60.22) 172 (39.78) Reference - Rural 850 (61.09) 484 (38.91) 0.96 (0.68-1.37) Wealth index Poorest 262 (69.36) 110 (30.64) Reference Reference Poorer 271 (60.54) 177 (39.46) 1.48 (0.97-2.24) 1.12 (0.64-1.97) Middle 225 (55.31) 158 (44.69) 1.83 (1.21-2.77)a 2.13 (1.20-3.78)a Richer 183 (54.72) 130 (45.28) 1.87 (1.22-2.87)a 1.45 (0.80-2.62) Richest 147 (65.45) 81 (34.55) 1.19 (0.75-1.90) 1.17 (0.62-2.19) Tobacco consumption No 1029 (60.67) 627 (39.33) Reference - Yes 57 (63.97) 29 (36.03) 0.87 (0.48-1.57) Alcohol usage No 1075 (60.87) 649 (39.13) Reference - Yes 11 (45.38) 7 (54.62) 1.87 (0.46-7.56) BMI Normal 506 (59.10) 311 (40.90) Reference - Thin 71 (60.64) 46 (39.36) 0.94 (0.55-1.59) Overweight/obese 56 (59.81) 33 (40.19) 0.97 (0.54-1.74) Health seeking behaviour in past 3 months None 484 (63.34) 255 (36.66) Reference Reference Public facility 97 (48.34) 87 (51.66) 1.85 (1.20-2.83)a 1.76 (1.14-2.71)a Private facility 44 (47.45) 44 (52.55) 1.91 (1.11-3.30)a 1.99 (1.14-3.47)a Other 2 (100) 0 (0) - -
Table 4 Distribution of factors associated with overweight and/or obesity among older adolescents
Variables Normal/thin, n = 125725 Overweight/obesity, n = 8621 Unadjusted RR (95%CI) Adjusted RR (95%CI) Age in years, mean (SD) 16.99 (1.40) 17.03 (1.42) 1.02 (1.001-1.04)a 1.01 (0.99-1.03) Sex Male 14666 (92.11) 1211 (7.89) 1.17 (1.06-1.29)a 1.10 (1.01-1.20)a Female 111059 (93.25) 7410 (6.75) Reference Reference Respondents’ education No education 5068 (96.24) 213 (3.76) Reference Reference Primary education 7092 (95.48) 343 (4.52) 1.20 (0.97-1.50) 1.08 (0.86-1.35) Secondary education 106285 (92.96) 7397 (7.04) 1.87 (1.57-2.24)b 1.28 (1.06-1.54)a Higher education 7266 (91.25) 667 (8.75) 2.33 (1.91-2.85)b 1.26 (1.02-1.56)a Religion Hindu 93663 (93.5) 6088 (6.5) Reference Reference Muslim 16969 (91.78) 1353 (8.22) 1.27 (1.15-1.40)b 1.21 (1.10-1.34)b Others 13385 (90.81) 1086 (9.19) 1.41 (1.25-1.60)b 1.18 (1.04-1.33)a Residence Urban 26192 (89.28) 3028 (10.72) 1.97 (1.84-2.12)b 1.28 (1.18-1.38)b Rural 99533 (94.57) 5593 (5.43) Reference Reference Wealth index Poorest 31167 (96.82) 1013 (3.18) Reference Reference Poorer 31730 (95.26) 1615 (4.74) 1.49 (1.33-1.67)b 1.45 (1.29-1.63)b Middle 26511 (93.11) 1911 (6.89) 2.17 (1.93-2.43)b 2.00 (1.77-2.25)b Richer 21175 (90.65) 2001 (9.35) 2.94 (2.63-3.29)b 2.49 (2.22-2.80)b Richest 15142 (87.17) 2081 (12.83) 4.04 (3.61-4.51)b 3.24 (2.86-3.67)b Tobacco consumption No 122540 (93.08) 8446 (6.92) Reference Reference Yes 3108 (95.33) 168 (4.67) 0.67 (0.53-0.86)a 0.96 (0.74-1.25) Alcohol usage No 124667 (93.1) 8563 (6.9) Reference Reference Yes 992 (95.62) 52 (4.38) 0.64 (0.42-0.96)a 0.78 (0.50-1.21) Incident DM No 124060 (93.21) 8430 (6.79) Reference Reference Yes 331 (81.82) 57 (18.18) 2.68 (1.97-3.62)b 2.43 (1.82-3.24)b