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Adekanmbi, Victor T, Uthman, Olalekan, Erqou, Sebhat, Echouffo-Tcheugui, Justin B, Harhay, Meera N and Harhay, Michael O (2019) 'Epidemiology of prediabetes and diabetes in Namibia, Africa: a multilevel analysis.'. Journal of Diabetes, Vol 11, Issue 2, pp. 161-172.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Diabetes is a leading cause of progressive morbidity and early mortality worldwide. Little is known on the burden of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Namibia, a Sub-Saharan African (SSA) country that is undergoing a demographic transition.
METHODS
We estimated the prevalence and correlates of diabetes (defined as fasting [capillary] blood glucose [FBG] >126 mg/dL) and prediabetes (defined by World Health Organization [WHO] and American Diabetes Association [ADA] criteria [FBG 110-125 mg/dL and 100-125 mg/dL, respectively]) in a random sample of 3278 participants aged 35-64 from the 2013 Namibia Demographic and Health Survey.
RESULTS
The prevalence of diabetes was 5.1% (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 4.2-6.2), with no evidence of gender differences (p=0.45). The prevalence of prediabetes was 6.8% (5.8-8.0) and 20.1% (18.4-21.9) using WHO and ADA criteria, respectively. Male sex, older age, higher body mass index (BMI) and occupation independently increased the odds of diabetes in Namibia, while higher BMI was associated with the higher odds of prediabetes and residing in household categorized as middle wealth index were associated with lower odds of prediabetes (Adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.71; 95% Credible Interval [CrI] = 0.46-0.99). There was significant clustering of prediabetes and diabetes at the community-level.
CONCLUSIONS
One in five adult Namibians has prediabetes by ADA criteria. Resources should be invested at the community level to promote efforts to prevent progression of this disease and its complications. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WK Endocrine System > WK 810 Diabetes mellitus |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.12829 |
| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2018 15:16 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2019 15:34 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/9001 |
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