Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus, pre-diabetes, undiagnosed and uncontrolled diabetes in Central Iran: results from Yazd health study

Autor: Masoud Mirzaei, Masoud Rahmaninan, Mohsen Mirzaei, Azadeh Nadjarzadeh, Abbas Ali Dehghani tafti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-8267-y
Popis: Abstract Background Over the past few decades, the prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has risen rapidly in Iran and other low and middle-income countries. We investigated the prevalence of DM, pre-diabetes, undiagnosed and uncontrolled diabetes and its relationship with some associated socioeconomic factors in the Yazd Greater Area in Iran. Methods Yazd Health Study is a longitudinal study conducted to determine the prevalence of non-communicable disease and related risk factors. In a two-step cluster sampling, 10,000 adults aged 20–69 years (200 clusters) were selected. In the recruitment phase, DM was considered if the patients had been either diagnosed DM by a physician or had fasting blood glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL. Chi square test was used for categorical variables to evaluate the differences and logistic regression model was applied to determine the predictors of diabetes.. P-value
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