Figure 1: Participant recruitment and inclusion in the data analyses.
Figure 2: Risk classification based on questionnaire score compared to mean HbA1c (%) a, b and c denote significant differences (p < 0.05)

Departments

Selected neighborhoods

RGPH-IV, 2013*

Total retained number

Men sample size

Women sample size

Atlantique

Abomey-Calavi

121 531

56

29

27

Ouidah

28 572

12

6

6

Littoral

Cotonou

302 221

28

16

12

Ouémé

Porto-Novo

81 246

37

18

19

Akpro-Missreté

29 363

12

6

6

Collines

Savè

27 467

12

6

6

Dassa Zoume

46 045

21

10

11

Borgou

Parakou

53 820

26

15

11

Thaorou

40 243

17

10

7

Donga

Djougou

68 512

32

16

16

Bassila

29 868

13

7

6

TOTAL

266

139

127

Table 1: Sampling Table

Questionnaire item

Response

Frequency(n)

Percent (%)

Sex

Female<br>
Male

134<br>
136

49.6<br>
50.4

High risk ethnicity

Yes<br>
No

176<br>
94

65.2<br>
34.8

High risk birth department

Yes<br>
No

238<br>
32

88.1<br>
11.9

Age (years)

<45<br>
45-54<br>
≥55

173<br>
45<br>
52

64.1<br>
16.7<br>
19.2

BMI (Kg/m2)

Normal<br>
Overweight<br>
Obese

77<br>
101<br>
92

28.5<br>
37.4<br>
34.1

Waist circumference

Low risk<br>
High risk<br>
Very high risk

94<br>
117<br>
59

34.8<br>
43.3<br>
21.9

Physical activity at least 3 times a week

Yes<br>
No

127<br>
143

47.0<br>
53.0

High blood pressure

Yes<br>
No

150<br>
120

55.6<br>
44.4

High blood sugar

Yes<br>
No

18<br>
252

6.7<br>
93.3

Family history of diabetes

Yes<br>
No or do not know

72<br>
198

26.7<br>
73.3

PRE-PAID risk classification

Small<br>
Moderate<br>
High<br>
Very High<br>
Extreme

106<br>
102<br>
44<br>
17<br>
1

39.2<br>
37.8<br>
16.3<br>
6.3<br>
0.4

Descriptive variables

 

mean

SD

PRE-PAID Score

 

8.45

4.06

HbA1c (%)

 

5.88

1.16

Table 2: Summary of questionnaire and capillary blood testing outcomes* (n = 270)

Questionnaire item

Standardized beta

t

P value

Increasing age category

0.11

2.02

0.036

Increasing BMI

0.13

2.87

<0.001

Increasing waist circumference

0.01

0.16

0.873

Decreasing physical activity participation

0.12

2.64

0.009

High blood pressure

0.08

1.13

0.258

High blood sugar

0.24

4.70

<0.001

Family history of diabetes

0.07

1.61

0.108

Table 3: Results from the full step-wise, backward elimination linear regression model