Risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in college students: association with sociodemographic variables

OBJECTIVE: identify the modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in college students and associate these factors with their sociodemographic variables. METHOD: cross-sectional study, involving 702 college students from Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, physical exer...

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Autores principales: Lima, Adman Câmara Soares, Araújo, Márcio Flávio Moura, de Freitas, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire, Zanetti, Maria Lúcia, de Almeida, Paulo César, Damasceno, Marta Maria Coelho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25029061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3053.2441
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: identify the modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in college students and associate these factors with their sociodemographic variables. METHOD: cross-sectional study, involving 702 college students from Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, physical exercise data and blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose levels were collected. RESULTS: the most prevalent risk factor was sedentariness, followed by overweight, central obesity, high fasting plasma glucose and arterial hypertension. A statistically significant association was found between overweight and sex (p=0.000), age (p=0.004) and marital status (p=0.012), as well as between central obesity and age (p=0.018) and marital status (p=0.007) and between high fasting plasma glucose and sex (p=0.033). CONCLUSION: distinct risk factors were present in the study population, particularly sedentariness and overweight.

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