Table 1

Percentage distribution of diabetes status by select background characteristics

	Normoglycemic	Impaired	Individuals with diabetes	Total	χ²
Age group (years)					p<0.001
18–24	98.31	1.35	0.34	890
25–34	97.02	1.74	1.24	2013
35–44	93.41	4.05	2.54	2048
45 and above	90.01	4.63	5.36	2723
Sex					p=0.077
Male	93.05	3.61	3.35	3467
Female	94.27	3.11	2.61	4207
Education (grade)					p<0.001
Illiterate	94.57	3.05	2.38	3277
1–5	94.54	3.56	1.90	1629
6–10	92.97	3.28	3.74	2163
11 and above	89.59	4.46	5.95	605
Religion					p=0.073
Hindu	93.39	3.64	2.97	5353
Islam and others	94.49	2.63	2.89	2321
Social group					p<0.001
Scheduled caste	94.78	3.31	1.90	2625
Scheduled tribe	95.82	2.94	1.24	646
Other backward class	93.47	3.76	2.77	505
Others	92.69	3.36	3.95	3898
Occupation					p=0.863
Unemployed	93.77	3.68	2.55	1059
Non-earning household chore	94.06	3.03	2.90	3099
Labor	93.38	3.48	3.13	3099
Service/pensioner/retired	93.53	3.60	2.88	417
Wealth quintile					p<0.001
Poorest	95.53	3.12	1.35	1633
Poorer	95.66	3.16	1.18	1359
Middle	95.69	2.55	1.76	1530
Richer	93.83	2.71	3.45	1622
Richest	87.97	5.16	6.86	1530
Body mass index					p<0.001
Normal	93.54	3.57	2.89	3360
Underweight	95.83	2.65	1.52	3095
Overweight/obese	88.84	4.43	6.73	1219
Physical activity level					p<0.001
High	95.77	2.82	1.41	2911
Medium	93.36	3.65	2.99	2575
Low	91.41	3.66	4.94	2188
Tobacco (smoking)					p=0.316
No	93.97	3.25	2.78	5439
Yes	93.11	3.53	3.36	2235
Tobacco (chewing)					p=0.999
No	93.72	3.33	2.95	5728
Yes	93.73	3.34	2.93	1946
Alcohol use					p=0.081
No	93.74	3.20	3.05	6714
Yes	93.54	4.27	2.19	960
Total	93.72	3.34	2.95	7674