Prevalence and associated factors of diabetes mellitus in children of Han, Uigurs and Kazaks ethnicities in Xinjiang
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2012.11.007
- VernacularTitle:新疆汉族、维吾尔族和哈萨克族儿童糖尿病患病率调查及相关因素分析
- Author:
Jing ZHANG
1
;
Yi-Tong MA
;
Xiang XIE
;
Yi-Ning YANG
;
Xiao-Mei LI
;
Xiang MA
;
Zhen-Yan FU
;
Fen LIU
;
Yang XIANG
;
You CHEN
;
Zi-Xiang YU
;
Bang-Dang CHEN
Author Information
1. 830054乌鲁木齐,新疆医科大学第一附属医院心内科
- Keywords:
Diabetes;
Prevalence;
Children
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2012;33(11):1130-1132
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus and its associated risk factors in children with Han,Uygur and Kazak ethnicities in Xinjiang.Methods A cross-sectional random samples involving aged 0-17 years were carried out to analyze the prevalence rates and associated risk factors of diabetes mellitus in children of Han,Uigur and Kazak ethnicities from 3 prefectures (Hetian,Kashi and Fuhai) in Xinjiang Autonomous Regions.Diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) were defined by the China Diabetes Prevention and Control Standard set in 2007.Data was collected through filling in the questionnaires and results from physical examination and laboratory tests.Results The total prevalence rates of IFG and diabetes mellitus were 0.68％ and 0.09％,respectively.Data from logistic regression analysis suggested that overweight and obesity were risk factors for diabetes mellitus in children from Xinjiang,with odds ratio values as 2.844 and 3.963,respectively.Conclusion Children with Han,Uygur and Kazak ethnicities in Xinjiang had an overall standardized prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus.IFG were 0.57％ and 1.35％lower than the 2004 data from children at same age groups in Beijing and the whole nation,also 0.19％lower then the national rate of 5-17 years-old children juvenile diabetes.
