Diabetes among adults in Bangladesh: changes in prevalence and risk factors between two cross-sectional surveys

ABSTRACT:

Objective/research question

To investigate the change in the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes among adults in Bangladesh between 2011 and 2018.

Design

The study used two waves of nationally representative cross-sectional data extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys in 2011 and 2017–2018.

Setting

Bangladesh.

Participants

14 376 adults aged ≥35 years.

Primary outcome

Diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes).

Results

From 2011 to 2018, the diabetes prevalence among adults aged ≥35 years increased from 10.95% (880) to 13.75% (922) (p<0.001), with the largest-relative increase (90%) among obese individuals. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified age and body mass index (BMI) were the key risk factors for

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362782 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature