Risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in college students : association with sociodemographic variables

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Adman Câmara Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Márcio Flávio Moura, Freitas, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de, Zanetti, Maria Lúcia, Almeida, Paulo César de, Damasceno, Marta Maria Coelho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/9204
• topic: Fatores de Risco; Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2; Promoção da Saúde

Objective: identify the modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in college students and associate these factors with their sociodemographic variables. Method: cross-sectional study, involving 702 college students from Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, physical exercise data and blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose levels were collected. Results: the most prevalent risk factor was sedentariness, followed by overweight, central obesity, high fasting plasma glucose and arterial hypertension. A statistically significant association was found between overweight and sex (p=0.000), age (p=0.004) and marital status (p=0.012), as well as between central obesity and age (p=0.018) and marital status (p=0.007) and between high fasting plasma glucose and sex (p=0.033). Conclusion: distinct risk factors were present in the study population, particularly sedentariness and overweight.