PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and the presence of diabetes in a large population-level dataset. METHODS: A secondary analysis was conducted using data from the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a population-based survey (n = 403,137) conducted in the United States. RESULTS: The majority of the respondents were middle-aged and overweight. Approximately half of the sample reported little or no physical activity. Estimates from a logistic regression model for a weighted sample of white, black, and Hispanic adults revealed that having hypertension or elevated cholesterol was a strong predictor of diabetes even when controlling for age, gender, race, education, income, body mass index, smoking status, and physical activity. CONCLUSIONS: The results confirmed the importance of diabetes educators counseling patients with hypertension or hypercholesterolemia about their increased risk for developing diabetes.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and the presence of diabetes in a large population-level dataset. METHODS: A secondary analysis was conducted using data from the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a population-based survey (n = 403,137) conducted in the United States. RESULTS: The majority of the respondents were middle-aged and overweight. Approximately half of the sample reported little or no physical activity. Estimates from a logistic regression model for a weighted sample of white, black, and Hispanic adults revealed that having hypertension or elevated cholesterol was a strong predictor of diabetes even when controlling for age, gender, race, education, income, body mass index, smoking status, and physical activity. CONCLUSIONS: The results confirmed the importance of diabetes educators counseling patients with hypertension or hypercholesterolemia about their increased risk for developing diabetes.
Authors: Richard F Hamman; Rena R Wing; Sharon L Edelstein; John M Lachin; George A Bray; Linda Delahanty; Mary Hoskin; Andrea M Kriska; Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis; Xavier Pi-Sunyer; Judith Regensteiner; Beth Venditti; Judith Wylie-Rosett Journal: Diabetes Care Date: 2006-09 Impact factor: 19.112
Authors: N Waugh; G Scotland; P McNamee; M Gillett; A Brennan; E Goyder; R Williams; A John Journal: Health Technol Assess Date: 2007-05 Impact factor: 4.014