Lifestyle-related predictors affecting prediabetes and diabetes in 20-30-year-old young Korean adults.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To investigate lifestyle-related predictors of prediabetes and diabetes in young adults aged 20-39 years using data from the 2014-2016 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). METHODS:This study is a cross-sectional, secondary analysis using the KNHANES data. Participants were classified into normal group (fasting plasma glucose [FPG] <100 mg/dL and/or hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c] <5.7%), prediabetes group (FPG 100-125 mg/dL and/or HbA1c 5.7-6.4%), and diabetes group (FPG ≥126 mg/dL and/or HbA1c ≥ 6.5%). The data were statistically analyzed using SPSS software. RESULTS:Out of 4,190 participants, 27.7% of men and 16.3% of women were in the prediabetes group and 1.4% of men and 1.3% of women were in the diabetes group. Logistic regression confirmed that age and

SUBMITTER: Park KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285443 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature