Prevalence and correlates of hyperglycemia in a rural population, Vietnam: implications from a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in urban areas, relatively little has been known about its actual prevalence and its associations in rural areas, Vietnam. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), diabetes and their risk factors in a rural province, Vietnam.

Methods

A cross-sectional study with a representative sample was designed to estimate the hyperglycemia prevalence, using 75-g oral glucose tolerance test. Potential risk factors for hyperglycemia were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression, taken into account influences of socio-economic status, anthropometric measures, and lifestyle-related factors.

Results

The age and sex-adjusted prevalen

SUBMITTER: Quang Binh T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3548760 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature