Open Access<p>Abnormal Glucose Metabolism and Associated Risk Factors Among Adults in Mekelle City, Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Gebremedhin Gebreegziabiher,
Tefera Belachew,
Dessalegn Tamiru
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s280215
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , anthropometry , logistic regression , waist , cross sectional study , statistical significance , impaired fasting glucose , environmental health , demography , endocrinology , type 2 diabetes , obesity , impaired glucose tolerance , pathology , sociology
In the past decade, the prevalence of diabetes has grown more rapidly in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. In 2019, Ethiopia is the fourth highest contributor to cases with diabetes in Africa with 1.7 million total cases. The present study was aimed to determine the prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism and associated factors in Mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia.