Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population

Aims. This study is aimed at estimating the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and glycemic control of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associated factors in an Iranian Kurdish population. Methods. Baseline data of the Ravansar Non-communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study, consisting of adults aged 35...

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Published in:Journal of diabetes research 2019, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-9
Main Authors: Najafi, Farid, Pasdar, Yahya, Hamzeh, Behrooz, Tavakol, Kamran, Rajati, Fatemeh, Safari-Faramani, Roya, Moradinazar, Mehdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Blood Glucose
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Cholesterol
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus - blood
Diabetes Mellitus - drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Female
Fruits
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Surveys
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents - therapeutic use
Iran - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Population
Prevalence
Principal components analysis
Risk factors
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic factors
Studies
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Summary:Aims. This study is aimed at estimating the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and glycemic control of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associated factors in an Iranian Kurdish population. Methods. Baseline data of the Ravansar Non-communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study, consisting of adults aged 35-65 years, were used. Diabetes was defined as a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 126 mg/dl or higher, being on diabetes medication, and/or diabetes confirmed by a health practitioner. Results. Nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine participants were assigned to this study. The prevalence of DM, awareness, treatment, and glycemic control of DM were 8.19, 74.97, 74.75, and 32.68, respectively. Based on the adjusted models, increased age (p
ISSN:2314-6745
2314-6753
DOI:10.1155/2019/5869206