The Association Between Pre-Diabetes With Body Mass Index and Marital Status in an Iranian Urban Population

Abstract

Pre-diabetes increased the development of diabetes mellitus (type 2). The aim of study was to determine the association of body weight, education and marital status with pre-diabetes in an Iranian urban population. A sample of 788 subjects (360 men and 428 women) between the ages 30–85 years participated in our study and anthropometric measurements, educational level and fasting blood sugar of participants were recorded. The t and Chi square tests were used for continuous and categorical variables. The association of age, BMI categories, educational level and marital status to pre-diabetes was assessed by estimating the odds ratio. A p-value ≤ 0.05 were considered significant. The analysis was done using SPSS version 11.5. Our study showed that pre-diabetic subjects were older and low educated than normoglycemic subjects. Mean BMI and educational level were associated to pre-diabetes only in women. The odds of being pre-diabetes also were higher in obese women than in normal BMI women. No relationship was found between education and marital status with pre-diabetes in both men and women. Based on our finding, it is possible that advancing age and obesity has increased in pre-diabetes. This highlights the importance of population based survey to monitor blood glucose for effective prevention and control.

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“…diabetes) (Perkins et al, 2016). Similar to our findings, two studies (Azimi-Nezhad et al, 2008;Rahmanian et al, 2016) found no association between marital status and abnormal glucose tolerance. Interestingly, both studies that found no associations were conducted in Iran.…”

“…Interestingly, both studies that found no associations were conducted in Iran. Azimi-Nezhad et al found no statistical difference on the prevalence of DM among married, single, divorced or widowed individuals from greater Khorasan province in northeast Iran (Azimi-Nezhad et al, 2008), while Rahmanian et al reported no statistically significant association was found between the odds of pre-diabetes and marital status among study subjects from Jahrom, Fars province in southern Iran (Rahmanian et al, 2016). Our study's methodology matched quite closely with these studies, possibly explaining our similar results.…”

Sexual Dysfunction in Males and Females with Type 2 Diabetes Referring to Healthcare Centers of Zarand, Kerman: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…As diabetes mellitus is related to some sociodemographic factors within the Iranian population (24), the researhcers could not find any data regarding educational, economical situations, urban-rural differences and cigarette or alcohol consumption prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Zarand, Kerman. The results conducted on educational level of males were in line with previous investigations (25,26). Rahmanian et al reported that diabetes is most prevalent in Iranian individuals with lower educational level (26).…”

“…The results conducted on educational level of males were in line with previous investigations (25,26). Rahmanian et al reported that diabetes is most prevalent in Iranian individuals with lower educational level (26). In addition, a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus in an urban area of different Iranian provinces has usually been reported compared with rural areas (27,28).…”

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