Adult Diabetes and Prediabetes Prevalence in Kuwait: Data from the Cross-Sectional Kuwait Diabetes Epidemiology Program.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in adults in Kuwait. The Kuwait Diabetes Epidemiology Program was a nationally representative, cross-sectional study of diabetes and obesity in Kuwait conducted between 2011 and 2014. The survey sampled 4937 adults in Kuwait aged 20 years or more and recorded participants' demographics, behaviours, medical history, physical measurements and blood biochemical measurements. Prediabetes was defined as fasting plasma glucose between 6.1 and 6.9 mmol/L or HbA1c between 6 and 6.4% (42-47 mmol/mol). Diabetes was defined as self-reported history with prescribed glucose-lowering medication or FPG ≥7mmol/L or HbA1c level ≥6.5% (≥48 mmol/mol). The overall adjusted prevalence of diabetes was 19.1%. The overall adjusted prevalence

SUBMITTER: Alkandari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694112 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature