Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and diabetes among those screened in a refugee settlement in Uganda

Table 2 Study population characteristics for diabetes and hypertension by refugee status

	Refugee/Asylum Seeker N = 1379 N (%)	Ugandan National N = 748 N (%)	p-value
Demographic and clinical characteristics
Female	737 (54)	447 (60)	0.005
Age (years)	31 ± 11	33 ± 11	< 0.001
Education
Never attended school	318 (23)	139 (19)	0.009
Some primary	679 (49)	416 (56)
Completed at least primary	385 (28)	192 (26)
Body mass index (kg/m²)
< 18.5	98 (7)	52 (7)	0.178
18.5–24.9	1020 (74)	526 (71)
> 25.0	256 (19)	163 (22)
HIV diagnosis	43 (3)	73 (10)	< 0.001
Diabetes
Prior diabetes diagnosis	13 (0.9)	8 (1)	0.779
Frequent urination or thirst	326 (24)	184 (25)	0.621
Diabetes diagnosis^a	17 (1)	15 (2)	0.162
Hypertension
Prior hypertension diagnosis	84 (6)	28 (4)	0.021
Currently taking hypertension medication	25 (2)	11 (2)	0.559
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	76 ± 10	74 ± 10	0.004
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	114 ± 13	113 ± 14	0.005
Pre-hypertension^b	698 (51)	368 (49)	0.412
Hypertension^c	127 (9)	60 (8)	0.412

Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and Student’s t-test for continuous variables
^aFrequent urination or thirst and non-fasting blood glucose ≥11.1 mmol/L or fasting ≥7 mmol/L
^bDiastolic blood pressure 80–89 or systolic blood pressure 120–139 mmHg
^cDiastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 or systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg

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