title: Predicted nine-year risk of diabetes among professional divers: a prospective study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to assess diabetes predictive score for professional divers followed-up in one medical centre in France.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective study, performed during 2013, included professional divers who were followed in a French maritime medicine centre. Data about their professional history of diving and dive profiles were collected. The clinical and biological data collected included: age, waist circumference, biometrics, body mass index, smoking status, blood pressure, practicing sports, glycaemia, triglyceridaemia, total cholesterolaemia, HDL and LDL cholesterolaemia. The predicted 9-year risk of diabetes was calculated according to the DESIRE score. Data were analysed using Epidata® software, by Pearson c2 test or by Fisher's exact test, by analysis of variance or Kruskal-Wallis test, and by Spearman correlation coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of the 64 deep-sea divers taking part in the study, diabetes risk was estimated for 60 divers. The predictive 9-year risk of diabetes was higher than 10% for 31.7% of the divers and higher than 30% for 6.7% of the divers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In France, people with diabetes have been declared definitely medically unfit to dive. The interest to assess the prevalence of risk factors and the predictive risk of diabetes arises from the need for prevention.
authors.affiliation: Maritime Medicine French Society (SFMM), Brest, France; Occupational Disease Centre, University Hospital of Brest, France; European University of Brittany, Brest, France. richard.pougnet@live.fr.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pougnet
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uguen
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verdier
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pougnet
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loddé
authors.forename: Jean-Dominique
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dewitte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D012307:Risk Factors