| Societal correlates of diabetes prevalence: An analysis across 94 countries. | |
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PMID: 22189172 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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AIMS: To quantify relationships between societal-level factors and diabetes prevalence and identify potential policy responses. METHODS: Using data from International Diabetes Federation, World Health Organization, World Bank, and Food and Agricultural Organization, we extracted recent estimates for country-level variables: total caloric availability; sugar, animal fat, fruit and vegetable availability; physical inactivity markers (vehicles per capita and value-added from service sector); gross domestic product per capita (GDP); imports; and age-adjusted mortality rate. We used generalized linear models to investigate relationships between these factors and diabetes prevalence. RESULTS: Median global diabetes prevalence was 6.4% in 2010. Every additional percentage point of calories from sugar/sweeteners and from animal fats were associated with 5% (OR: 1.05, 95% CI 1.02-1.07) and 3% (OR: 1.03, 95% CI 0.99-1.06) higher diabetes prevalence, respectively, while each additional unit in fruit and vegetable availability was associated with 3% lower diabetes prevalence (OR: 0.97, 95% CI 0.93-0.99). One percent higher GDP from the service industry was associated with a 1% higher diabetes prevalence (OR: 1.01, 95% CI 0.99-1.02). CONCLUSION: Macro-level societal factors are associated with diabetes prevalence. Investigating how these factors affect individual-level diabetes risk may offer further insight into policy-level interventions. |
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Karen R Siegel; Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui; Mohammed K Ali; Neil K Mehta; K M Narayan; Veerappa Chetty |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-19 |
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Title: Diabetes research and clinical practice Volume: - ISSN: 1872-8227 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8508335 Medline TA: Diabetes Res Clin Pract Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, 1462 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. |
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