The Socio-Demographic Characteristics Associated with Non-Communicable Diseases among the Adult Population of Dubai: Results from Dubai Household Survey 2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Source, Study Design
2.2. Variables and Measures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Population of Dubai
3.2. Associations with Non-Communicable Diseases
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Variable | Category | Having NCDs | Wald’s χ12 Test (ndf) | p Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||
Age groups (years) | 18–24 | 298,774 (95.86%) | 12,893 (4.14%) | 39.03 (3) | <0.0001 |
25–44 | 1,644,723 (92.57%) | 132,052 (7.43%) | |||
45–59 | 344,062 (71.86%) | 134,735 (28.14%) | |||
60+ | 54,435 (51.97%) | 50,300 (48.03%) | |||
Gender | Female | 697,618 (89.29%) | 83,644 (10.71%) | 3.39 (1) | 0.067 |
Male | 1,644,376 (86.97%) | 246,336 (13.03%) | |||
Nationality | Asians | 1,629,905 (87.85%) | 225,415 (12.15%) | 37.17 (3) | <0.0001 |
Local-Arabs (Emirati) | 117,901(74.68%) | 39,604 (25.14%) | |||
Non-Local-Arabs | 253,466 (90.25%) | 27,373 (9.75%) | |||
Other nationalities | 340,722 (90.16%) | 37,589 (9.94%) | |||
Marital Status | Married | 1,551,962 (85.25%) | 268,558 (14.75%) | 32.42 (2) | <0.0001 |
Single | 751,578 (94.78%) | 41,425 (5.22%) | |||
Others * | 38,454 (65.79%) | 19,997 (34.21%) | |||
Work Status | Currently working | 2,008,951 (88.61%) | 258,271 (11.39%) | 18.33 (1) | <0.0001 |
Currently not working | 333,043 (82.28%) | 71,709 (17.72%) | |||
Educational Attainment | Less than secondary education | 570,458 (85.13%) | 99,666 (14.87%) | 1.31 (2) | 0.271 |
Completed secondary school | 525,871 (88.27%) | 69,888 (11.73%) | |||
Tertiary education | 1,245,666 (88.59%) | 160,427 (11.41%) | |||
Income Categories | Low Income | 344,101(88.78%) | 43,509 (11.22%) | 1.74 (3) | 0.161 |
Middle income | 188,026 (85.96%) | 30,714 (14.04%) | |||
High income | 209,398 (83.76%) | 40,611 (16.24%) | |||
Total | 84.99% | 15.01% |
Variable | Category | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Wald’s χ12 Test | p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 18–60+ | 3.6 (2.8, 4.7) | 90.32 | <0.001 |
Marital Status | Married | (Reference) | ||
Unmarried | 0.11 (0.02, 0.70) | 5.43 | 0.020 | |
Others | 0.32 (0.04, 2.32) | 1.28 | 0.258 | |
Nationality | Asians | (Reference) | ||
Local-Arab (Emirati) | 2.08 (1.62, 2.67) | 32.49 | <0.001 | |
Non-Local (other Arabs) | 0.72 (0.45, 1.15) | 1.94 | 0.163 | |
Other Nationalities | 0.81 (0.56, 1.18) | 1.19 | 0.275 | |
Gender | Female | (Reference) | ||
Male | 1.61 (1.28, 2.04) | 16.107 | <0.001 | |
Educational Attainment | Education tertiary education | (Reference) | ||
Education less than secondary school | 1.09 (0.73, 1.64) | 0.181 | 0.671 | |
Completed secondary school | 1.18 (0.80, 1.74) | 0.69 | 0.407 | |
Age and marital Status | Age & married marital status | (Reference) | ||
Age & unmarried marital status | 2.75 (1.24, 6.09) | 6.17 | 0.013 | |
Age & other marital status | 1.56 (0.86, 2.85) | 2.12 | 0.146 |
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Alnakhi, W.K.; Mamdouh, H.; Hussain, H.Y.; Ibrahim, G.M.; Ahmad, A.S.; Ali, R.; Abdulle, A. The Socio-Demographic Characteristics Associated with Non-Communicable Diseases among the Adult Population of Dubai: Results from Dubai Household Survey 2019. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1139. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091139
Alnakhi WK, Mamdouh H, Hussain HY, Ibrahim GM, Ahmad AS, Ali R, Abdulle A. The Socio-Demographic Characteristics Associated with Non-Communicable Diseases among the Adult Population of Dubai: Results from Dubai Household Survey 2019. Healthcare. 2021; 9(9):1139. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091139
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlnakhi, Wafa K., Heba Mamdouh, Hamid Y. Hussain, Gamal M. Ibrahim, Amar Sabri Ahmad, Raghib Ali, and Abdishakur Abdulle. 2021. "The Socio-Demographic Characteristics Associated with Non-Communicable Diseases among the Adult Population of Dubai: Results from Dubai Household Survey 2019" Healthcare 9, no. 9: 1139. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091139