| Main Analytical Category a | Subcategory with Quotations | Statements by Males (n) | Statements by Females (n) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factors related to the individual | Heredity: ‘ inheritance...my father suffers from DM’ ‘ I think heredity...a number of people from my mother’s side have DM’ |
1 | 9 b | 5 | 7 b |
| Wrong dietary habits: ‘...excessive alcohol consumption (kachasu) ... too much sugar in my tea’ ‘..type of food .... taking sadza, sadza all the time ... too much starch’ |
2 | 6 b | 1 | 5 b | |
| Inactivity: ‘... maybe old age ... no longer active’ |
1 | 9 b | 6 b | ||
| Obesityb | 9 b | 8 b | |||
| Stress b | 5 b | 8 b | |||
| Infection | 6 b | 5 b | |||
| Drugs: ‘... maybe antihypertensive drugs’ ‘... hydrochlorothiazide that I was taking for my blood pressure’ |
2 | 4 b | 1 | 7 b | |
| Pregnancyb | 2 b | 6 b | |||
| Diseases of the pancreas: ‘...problems with my pancreas’ |
1 | 6 b | 1 | 8 b | |
| Factors related to the social sphere | Disturbances in social relations b | 2 b | 1 b | ||
| The influence of evil peopleb | 1 b | 1 b | |||
| Factors related to the nature | Imbalance between warmth and coldb | 1 b | 1 b | ||
| Factors related to the supernatural sphere | Supernatural or religious causes such as evil spiritsb | 3 b | |||
| Supernatural or religious causes such as punishment from God or the godsb | 1 b | 3 b | |||
| Supernatural or religious causes such as the influence of witches: ‘... rather difficult ... thought I had been bewitched’ ‘...witches can do anything’ |
1 | 2 b | 2 | 2 b | |
| Fateb | 3 b | 4 b | |||