Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose, and their associated lifestyle factors among teachers in the CLUSTer cohort
Yit Han Ng,
Foong Ming Moy,
Noran Naqiah Hairi
et al.
Abstract:Background
Teachers are responsible for educating future generations and therefore play an important role in a country’s education system. Teachers constitute about 2.6% of all employees in Malaysia, making it one of the largest workforces in the country. While health and well-being are crucial to ensuring teachers’ work performance, reports on non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among Malaysian teachers are scarce. Hence, this study focused on the prevalence of T2D… Show more
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