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

2014; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 22; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0104-1169.3053.2441

ISSN

1518-8345

Autores

Adman Câmara Soares Lima, Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas, María Lúcia Zanetti, Paulo César de Almeida, Marta María Coelho Damasceno,

Tópico(s)

Physical Activity and Health

Resumo

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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