Gholamreza Veghari|Mehdi Sedaghat|Hamidreza Joshaghani|S. Hoseini|Farhad Niknezad|Abdolhamid Angizeh|Ebrahim Tazik|Pooneh Moharloei
Association between socio-demographic factors and diabetes mellitus in the north of Iran: A population-based study
Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University|Golestan University of Medical Sciences
study considers prevalence dm related factors among adults golestan province north iran 2006 crosssectionaldescriptive populationbased study carried among 1999 cases 1000 men 999 women 25 65 years old participants chosen cluster stratified sampling urban rural areas data sociodemographic factors collected using questionnaire anthropometric biochemical indexes measured fasting blood sugar fbs equal 126 mgdl classified type 2 dm mean age 392 years mean sd fbs among men women 9451 3291 982 401 mgdl respectively prevalence dm 83 men 68 women 97 urban 105 villages 64 twentyfive percent patients undiagnosed whole 43 patients unaware problem men women 485 versus 392 rural area urban area 351 versus 544 showed positive significant correlation fbs age waist circumference bmi p 001 dm one biggest health problems north iran half unaware morbidity dm influenced sociodemographic factors