| Title |
Twelve-year trends in the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes and prediabetes in Turkish adults
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| Published in |
European Journal of Epidemiology, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10654-013-9771-5 |
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| Authors |
Ilhan Satman, Beyhan Omer, Yildiz Tutuncu, Sibel Kalaca, Selda Gedik, Nevin Dinccag, Kubilay Karsidag, Sema Genc, Aysegul Telci, Bulent Canbaz, Fulya Turker, Temel Yilmaz, Bekir Cakir, Jaakko Tuomilehto |
| Abstract |
There is concern about an emerging diabetes epidemic in Turkey. We aimed to determine the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, prediabetes and their 12-year trends and to identify risk factors for diabetes in the adult Turkish population. A cross-sectional, population-based survey, 'TURDEP-II' included 26,499 randomly sampled adults aged ≥ 20 years (response rate: 87 %). Fasting glucose and biochemical parameters were measured in all; then a OGTT was performed to identify diabetes and prediabetes in eligible participants. The prevalence of diabetes was 16.5 % (new 7.5 %), translating to 6.5 million adults with diabetes in Turkey. It was higher in women than men (p = 0.008). The age-standardized prevalence to the TURDEP-I population (performed in 1997-98) was 13.7 % (if same diagnostic definition was applied diabetes prevalence is calculated 11.4 %). The prevalence of isolated-IFG and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and combined prediabetes was 14.7, 7.9, and 8.2 %, respectively; and that of obesity 36 % and hypertension 31.4 %. Compared to TURDEP-I; the rate of increase for diabetes: 90 %, IGT: 106 %, obesity: 40 % and central obesity: 35 %, but hypertension decreased by 11 % during the last 12 years. In women age, waist, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, low education, and living environment; in men age, BMI, and hypertension were independently associated with an increased prevalence of diabetes. In women current smoking, and in men being single were associated with a reduced risk. These results from one of the largest nationally representative surveys carried out so far show that diabetes has rapidly become a major public health challenge in Turkey. The figures are alarming and underscore the urgent need for national programs to prevent diabetes, to manage the illness and thus prevent complications. |
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| Finland | 2 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 646 | 99% |
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| Researcher | 79 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 54 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 45 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 6% |
| Other | 28 | 4% |
| Other | 121 | 19% |
| Unknown | 286 | 44% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 185 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 57 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 2% |
| Other | 62 | 10% |
| Unknown | 303 | 47% |
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