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

Authors

  • Adman Câmara Soares Lima Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Márcio Flávio Moura Araújo Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira
  • Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas Universidade Federal do Piauí; Centro de Ciências da Saúde
  • Maria Lúcia Zanetti WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development; Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Paulo César de Almeida Universidade Estadual do Ceará; Centro de Ciências da Saúde
  • Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3053.2441

Abstract

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.

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Published

2014-06-01

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2014)

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Risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in college students: association with sociodemographic variables . (2014). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 22(3), 484-490. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3053.2441