title: Prevalence of impaired fasting glucose and analysis of related factors in Taiwanese adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in Taiwanese adolescents and important related variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  This analysis was based on the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT) data during 2010 and 2011. The original study was a cross-sectional and national representative survey. A total of 1949 subjects (965 males and 984 females) aged 11-20 years participated. Research tools consisted of questionnaires, anthropometry parameters, and blood biochemical indicators. The acquired data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of IFG in Taiwanese adolescents was 22% (a fasting glucose level between 100 and 125 mg/dL is considered abnormal). Factors that significantly affected IFG levels included sex, age, quality of family dietary environment, overweight, obesity, and the number of cardio-metabolic risk factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of IFG in Taiwanese adolescents is a public health issue that should not be ignored. The prevalence may be reduced by adjusting lifestyles. Healthy family environments should be encouraged and appropriate healthy lifestyle counseling plans offered specifically to male adolescents with overweight, obesity, and cardio-metabolic risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chen-Mei
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Meei-Fang
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Bih-Shya
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Gau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescent; cardio-metabolic risk factors; impaired fasting glucose; prevalence