title: Attribution of lifestyle risk factors in subjects with and without impaired fasting glucose.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association between lifestyle risk factors and impaired fasting glucose level.
  
  
  METHODS
  The large-scale, community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 in Ilam province, Iran, and comprised 150 impaired fasting glucose cases and 450 controls. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using a standard lifestyle questionnaire, and subjects were checked for fasting plasma glucose. Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression were used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 600 participants, 172 (28.7%) were males and 428 (71.3%) were females. Their ages ranged from 20 to 83 years with a mean of 48.9 +/- 14.2 years for the cases and 45.5 +/- 13.4 years for the controls (p < 0.008). There was no statistically significant difference in terms of age, gender, marital status, location, family history of diabetes and body mass index in the two groups (p > 0.05). Using multivariate logistic regression, ghee consumption increased the risk of impaired fasting glucose up to 2.2 folds (Odds Ratio = 1.28, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.75-2.2); inactivity up to 2.33 folds (Odds Ratio = 1.33, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.75-2.33) and smoking up to 3.13 folds (Odds Ratio = 1.46, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.68-3.13). The differences were not statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Risk of impaired fasting glucose increases with lifestyle risk factors that need to be considered seriously by policy makers.
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babanejad
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Najafi
authors.forename: Amir Hossein
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hashemian
authors.forename: Eskandar Gholami
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Parizad
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delpisheh
authors.forename: Khairollah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asadollahi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose