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Hyperglycemia and its related factors in Taiwanese middle‐aged adults
Author(s) -
Lai ShihWei,
Tan CheeKeong,
Ng KimChoy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2001.00077.x
Subject(s) - confidence interval , medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , multivariate analysis , hypertriglyceridemia , demography , multivariate statistics , triglyceride , statistics , mathematics , cholesterol , sociology
Our study used data collected in Chung‐Hsing Village to evaluate the relationship between hyperglycemia and its related factors in Taiwanese middle‐aged adults in May 1998. All government employees at the Taiwan Provincial Government in Chung‐Hsing Village aged 40–64 years were candidates for this study. Only 708 volunteers completed a structured questionnaire and underwent venous blood tests. To study the significant related factors of hyperglycemia, the t ‐test, χ 2 analysis and multivariate logistic regression were used. Our results showed that 40% of the 708 subjects were men and 60% were women. The mean age was 50.5 ± 6.8 years. The mean values of fasting glucose were 4.68 ± 1.92 mmol/L in men and 4.70 ± 1.70 mmol/L in women ( P > 0.05). The proportions of hyperglycemia were 6.4% in men and 5.7% in women ( P > 0.05). After controlling for other covariates, the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the significant related factors for hyperglycemia were older age (odds ratio = 2.86, 95%; confidence interval = 1.36–6.05; P < 0.01) and hypertriglyceridemia (odds ratio = 3.34, 95%; confidence interval = 1.68–6.64; P < 0.001).