title: Social and lifestyle factors associated with diabetes in the adult Bahraini population.
abstract: This paper aimed to assess the prevalence of known diabetes among Bahraini adults, and to determine associated social and lifestyle factors. A community-based survey was carried out on 514 adults aged 30-79 years. The overall prevalence of known diabetes was 9%. Using multivariate analysis, the risk of diabetes was found to be higher among older (50-79 years), female, illiterate, currently married, non-smoking people, those who did not walk regularly, overweight and obese people (BMI > or = 25), those who had a history of hypertension and those who consumed fresh vegetables more than 3 times a week. However, only obesity was found to be significantly associated with diabetes (OR = 1.83, CI 1.48-4.15).
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Biological Program, Bahrain Center for Studies and Research, Mananma.
authors.forename: Abdulrahman O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Musaiger
authors.forename: Mariam A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Al-Mannai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001445:Bahrain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors