J Korean Diabetes Assoc.  2005 Mar;29(2):151-166.

Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus(Fasting Plasma Glucose by the ADA Criteria) and Impaired Fasting Glucose according to Anthropometric Characteristics and Dietary Habits: 1998 National Health and Nutrition Survey

• Kim CS
• Jeong EK
• Park J
• Cho MH
• Nam JS
• Kim HJ
• Kong JH
• Park JS
• Nam JY
• Kim DM
• Ahn CW
• Cha BS
• Lim SK
• Kim KR
• Lee HC
• Nam CM

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The study is based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in Korea(1998). With these data, we want to predict the prevalence of diabetes mellitus(DM) and impaired fasting glucose(IFG), By investigating anthropometric characteristics and dietary intake habits, we also wanted to analyze any significant correlation between those factors and the prevalences of DM and IFG.
METHODS
The study group was comprised of 8,166 people, a representative group of Koreans, who had undergone a health check-up and food intake survey among the total 39,331 members of 12,189 families who were surveyed.
RESULTS
The final results are as the follows. 1) The peak prevalence of DM was 15.92% among women in their sixties and 18.21% among men in their fifties, and that of IFG was found to be 16.27% of women in their seventies and 14.09% of men in their sixties. 2) When analyzing the eating habits and the prevalences of DM and IFG, we found that women with more glucose intake had a lesser risk of DM, but this was of no statistical significance. 3) In men, age, total cholesterol, triglyceride(TG), and hypertension(HTN) were revealed as meaningful factors and in women, age, TG, and HTN were revealed as meaningful factors. As to the IFG, in females, age and TG were meaningful factors, and in males, age, TG, the waist/hip ratio (WHR), and body mass index (BMI) were meaningful factors.
CONCLUSION
Although this study could not demonstrate meaningful correlation between diet habits and DM, the prevalence of IFG and the recent increase in the prevalence of DM in Koreans, owing to alterations in their diet habits, demands further organized group study for a better understanding of their relationship

Keyword

Diabetes mellitus; Impaired fasting glucose; Anthropometric characteristics; Dietary habit

MeSH Terms

Blood Glucose*
Body Mass Index
Cholesterol
Diabetes Mellitus
Eating
Fasting*
Female
Food Habits*
Glucose*
Humans
Male
Nutrition Surveys*
Plasma*
Prevalence*
Cholesterol
Glucose