Open AccessPhysical Activity of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients and Non-Diabetes Participants in Yangon, Myanmar: A Case-Control Study Applying the International Physical Activity Questionnaires (IPAQ-S)
Author(s) -
Ishtiaq Ahmad,
Myo Nyein Aung,
Satomi Ueno,
Ei Thinzar Khin,
Tint Swe Latt,
Saiyud Moolphate,
Motoyuki Yuasa
Publication year - 2021
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.s291468
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , logistic regression , odds ratio , type 2 diabetes , type 2 diabetes mellitus , case control study , demography , gerontology , endocrinology , sociology
Despite the evidence that physical activity (PA) can prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), limited research investigated the level of PA among diabetes and non-diabetes in Myanmar, where there is the escalating prevalence of diabetes recently. We investigated PA as modified the risk of diabetes, in a case-control study.