Association between family history risk categories and prevalence of diabetes in Chinese population.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the association between different family history risk categories and prevalence of diabetes in the Chinese population.

Methods

The family history of diabetes was obtained from each subject, and an oral glucose tolerance test was performed for measuring the fasting and postload glucose and insulin levels based on a national representative cross-sectional survey of 46,239 individuals (age ≥ 20 years) in the 2007-2008 China National Diabetes and Metabolism Disorders Study. The family history risk categories of diabetes were high, moderate, and average (FH2 and FH1: at least two generations and one generation of first-degree relatives with diabetes, respectively; FH0: no first-degree relatives with diabetes).

Results

The age- and gender-adjusted prevale

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4321835 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature