Log-linear Model of Diabetic Patients of Plateau State General Hospitals

Abstract

This study investigates Diabetes Mellitus, which is a disorder that is assuming pandemic proportion worldwide. With secondary data from Plateau State General Hospitals and a log-linear model analysis carried out using statistical package (SPSS version 21), to find out if there is a relationship between diabetes, gender and Body mass index (BMI). The result shows that there is a significant relationship between female as reported to BMI and diabetes with a P_- value of 0.0007, and male as reported to BMI and diabetes with a     P- value of 0.000. This i­ndicates an interaction between gender, BMI and diabetes because all their P-values are less than the alpha level of 0.05. The study recommends public education on regular BMI checking, regular exercise and proper diet by both sex to avoid obesity which is generally associated with an increase in risk of diabetes mellitus.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Body mass index and log-linear analysis.