Objective: identify the modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in college students and associate these factors with their sociodemographic variables. Method: cross-sectional study, involving 702 college students from Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, physical exercise data and blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose levels were collected. Results: the most prevalent risk factor was sedentariness, followed by overweight, central obesity, high fasting plasma glucose and arterial hypertension. A statistically significant association was found between overweight and sex (p=0.000), age (p=0.004) and marital status (p=0.012), as well as between central obesity and age (p=0.018) and marital status (p=0.007) and between high fasting plasma glucose and sex (p=0.033). Conclusion: distinct risk factors were present in the study population, particularly sedentariness and overweight. © 2014 Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem.
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Lima, A. C. S., Araújo, M. F. M., Freitas, R. W. J. F. de, Zanetti, M. L., Almeida, P. C. de, & Damasceno, M. M. C. (2014). Fatores de risco para diabetes mellitus tipo 2 em universitários: Associação com variáveis sociodemográficas. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 22(3), 484–490. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3053.2441
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