Table 1 Characteristics of INSEF 2015 participants without a previous diagnosis of diabetes and presenting data for parish and HbA_1c (N = 4 352)

Sex

 Male

1964

45.13

341 (46.58%)

442 (43.46%)

1181 (45.13%)

0.400

 Female

2388

54.87

391 (53.41%)

575 (56.54)

1422 (54.63%)

Age groups (years)

 25–29

322

7.40

76 (10.38%)

80 (7.87%)

166 (6.38%)

0.016

 30–34

371

8.52

53 (7.24%)

101 (9.93%)

217 (8.34%)

 35–39

518

11.90

79 (10.79%)

130 (12.78%)

309 (11.87%)

 40–44

590

13.56

106 (14.48%)

135 (13.27%)

349 (13.41%)

 45–49

526

12.09

74 (10.11%)

128 (12.59%)

324 (12.45%)

 50–54

558

12.82

88 (12.02%)

114 (11.21%)

356 (13.68%)

 55–59

443

10.18

79 (9.97%)

96 (9.44%)

274 (10.53%)

 60–64

441

10.13

68 (9.29%)

111 (10.91%)

262 (10.07%)

 65–69

331

7.61

68 (9.29%)

64 (6.29%)

199 (7.65%)

 70–74

252

5.79

47 (6.42%)

58 (5.70%)

147 (5.65%)

Education

 No education/1st cycle

1209

27.78

241 (32.92%)

311 (30.58%)

657 (25.24%)

< 0.001

 2nd/3rd cycle

1473

33.85

284 (38.80%)

343 (33.73%)

846 (32.50%)

 Secondary

872

20.04

121 (16.53%)

217 (21.34%)

534 (20.51%)

 Tertiary

794

18.24

84 (11.48%)

145 (14.26%)

565 (21.71%)

Employment

 Employed

2775

63.76

447 (66.22%)

650 (70.65%)

1,678 (68.77%)

0.118

 Unemployed

488

11.21

82 (12.15%)

100 (10.87%)

306 (12.54%)

 Others without professional activity (retirees. housewives. students and disabled)

1086

24.95

203 (27.73%)

267 (26.25%)

616 (23.67%)

Area socioeconomic deprivation (quintiles)

 1st (least deprived)

428

9.83

33 (4.51%)

255 (25.07%)

140 (5.38%)

< 0.001

 2nd

760

17.46

150 (20.49%)

256 (25.17%)

354 (13.60%)

 3rd

791

18.18

72 (9.84%)

238 (23.40%)

481 (18.48%)

 4th

1251

28.75

261 (35.66%)

121 (11.90%)

869 (33.38%)

 5th (most deprived)

1122

25.78

216 (29.51%)

147 (14.45%)

759 (29.16%)