Prevalence and risk factors of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Nauru

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Table 3 Age-adjusted prevalence for cardiovascular risk profile according to fasting glucose level

	Normal	Prediabetes	Diabetes*	p value
Men
Elevated systolic blood pressure (≥140 mmHg)*	152.1 ± 1.2	152.9 ± 2.7	150.4 ± 1.4	0.56
Elevated diastolic blood pressure (≥90 mmHg)	97.6 ± 0.8	95.4 ± 0.9	96.3 ± 0.5	0.16
High total cholesterol (≥6.21 mmol/l; ≥240 mg/dl)	6.8 ± 0.2	8.9 ± 0.0	7.6 ± 0.2	< 0.0001
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²	33.9 ± 0.3	33.4 ± 0.8	36.3 ± 0.70	0.005
Waist circumference	108.9 ± 1.8	105.7 ± 1.7	110.1 ± 3.1	0.29
Minutes per day of physical activity (low status)	122.5 ± 5.9	104.2 ± 20.2	121.3 ± 14.3	0.69
Women
Elevated systolic blood pressure (≥140 mmHg)	156.2 ± 2.9	162.8 ± 4.3	152.7 ± 2.8	0.15
Elevated diastolic blood pressure (≥90 mmHg)	96.4 ± 1.0	99.0 ± 1.9	93.4 ± 0.4	0.0006
High total cholesterol (≥240 mg/dl)	6.9 ± 0.1	8.5 ± 0.2	7.6 ± 0.9	< 0.0001
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2	34.7 ± 0.3	35.9 ± 0.6	36.3 ± 1.3	0.13
Waist circumference	99.2 ± 0.6	97.9 ± 3.0	107.3 ± 1.3	< 0.0001
Minutes per day of physical activity (low status)	72.7 ± 4.3	64.8 ± 13.9	86.1 ± 15.3	0.58

Data are means ± SEM. Age-adjusted prevalence's were standardized using the national census in 2002 from the Nauru National Bureau of Statistics Office. Waist Circumference: > 90 cm for men and > 80 cm for women. Low physical activity status: < 600 MET minutes per week. P values were calculated using a linear contrast test.
* Diabetes includes both previously diagnosed diabetes and previously undiagnosed diabetes.

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