title: Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in college students: association with sociodemographic variables.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  identify the modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in college students and associate these factors with their sociodemographic variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional study, involving 702 college students from Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, physical exercise data and blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose levels were collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the most prevalent risk factor was sedentariness, followed by overweight, central obesity, high fasting plasma glucose and arterial hypertension. A statistically significant association was found between overweight and sex (p=0.000), age (p=0.004) and marital status (p=0.012), as well as between central obesity and age (p=0.018) and marital status (p=0.007) and between high fasting plasma glucose and sex (p=0.033).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  distinct risk factors were present in the study population, particularly sedentariness and overweight.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adman Câmara Soares
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Acarape, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcio Flávio Moura
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Floriano, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo César de
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marta Maria Coelho
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Damasceno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult