Association Between Sociodemographic Factors and Pre-diabetes Mellitus in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to identify the association of sociode-mographic factors with prediabetes mellitus. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 60 adults (12 male and 48 female) aged 25-60 years old. None of the subjects were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Sociodemographic data were collected using a questionnaire. Blood lipid profile, HbA1c and anthropometric measurement was assessed. Subjects was categorized based on HbA1c level into non-prediabetic and prediabetic with a cutoff of 5.7%. Results: Mean of age of subjects was 45.5 ± 8.45 years and the HbA1C levels for male and female subjects were 5.95 ± 1.73% and 5.77 ± 1.52% respectively. Prevalence of prediabetes mellitus in subjects was 18.75% which was dominated by female (80%) with 66.0% of the prediabetics had a body mass index (BMI) of ≥25 kg/m 2. There was a significant association of prediabetes with education level, age, and LDL-c (P < 0.05). Subjects with a low education level (elementary school/did not finish school) had an increased risk of prediabetes by 4.93 (95% CI:1.22-25.00). The odds ratio of age ≥50 years old was 3.63 (95% CI:0.91-15.68). However, prediabetes status was not significantly associated with gender, BMI, dietary status, hereditary of diabetes mellitus, smoking status, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and HDL-c level. Conclusions: Prediabetes mellitus is related to low education level, advanced age, and high LDL-c level.