Prevalence of diabetes and its related factors among college faculty

ObjectiveTo study the prevalence of diabetes and its main risk factors in college faculty and to provide the scientific basis for population intervention of the disease.MethodsWe analyzed the physical examination data of 3 929 teachers and employees in a university in 2008 and logistic regression analysis was adopted in the analyses.ResultsThe prevalence rates of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose were 10.1% (397/3 929)and 17.4% (682/3 929)(11.4% and 22.5% for the men and 8.7% and 11.8% for the women,P<0.05)among the faculty.The detetion rate was 48.5%, 13.6%,28.6%,14.9%,and 15.5% for overweight and obesity,hypercholesteralemica,hypertriglyceridemia,high systolic blood pressure(SBP),and high diastolic blood pressure(DBP),respectively.The prevalence of diabetes was significantly increased with increment of age,body mass index(BMI),total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),SBP,and DBP (P<0.05).For the staff younger that 50 years,the prevalence of diabetes in the males was significantly higher than that of in females(P<0.05).The results of multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that age,BMI,TG,and DBP were independent risk factors for diabetes.ConclusionThe prevalence of diabetes is high in college staff in Zhengzhou city.The prevalence of diabetes is significantly increased with the increase of age,overweight and obesity,hypertension,and high blood lipid.