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Adult Diabetes and Prediabetes Prevalence in Kuwait: Data from the Cross-Sectional Kuwait Diabetes Epidemiology Program.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in adults in Kuwait. METHODS:The Kuwait Diabetes Epidemiology Program was a nationally representative, cross-sectional study of diabetes and obesity in Kuwait conducted between 2011 and 2014. The survey sampled 4937 adults in Kuwait aged 20 years or more and recorded participants' demographics, behaviours, medical history, physical measurements and blood biochemical measurements. Prediabetes was defined as fasting plasma glucose between 6.1 and 6.9 mmol/L or HbA1c between 6 and 6.4% (42-47 mmol/mol). Diabetes was defined as self-reported history with prescribed glucose-lowering medication or FPG ?7mmol/L or HbA1c level ?6.5% (?48 mmol/mol). RESULTS:The overall adjusted prevalence of diabetes was 19.1%. The overall adjusted prevalence of prediabetes was 13.5%. Diabetes prevalence was 5.4%, 14.2%, 38.7% and 64.8% in adults aged 20-29, 30-44, 45-59 and 60 years or more, respectively. Diabetes prevalence was 22.4% in men and 14.4% in women. Prediabetes prevalence was 14.8% in men and 11.5% in women. In Kuwaitis, diabetes and prediabetes prevalence was 21.8% and 11.1%, respectively, while prevalence in non-Kuwaitis was 18.2% for diabetes and 14.3% for prediabetes. CONCLUSION:These findings illustrate the severe public health challenge posed by diabetes in Kuwait.

SUBMITTER: Alkandari A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694112 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Adult Diabetes and Prediabetes Prevalence in Kuwait: Data from the Cross-Sectional Kuwait Diabetes Epidemiology Program.

Alkandari Abdullah A Alarouj Monira M Elkum Naser N Sharma Prem P Devarajan Sriraman S Abu-Farha Mohamed M Al-Mulla Fahd F Tuomilehto Jaakko J Bennakhi Abdullah A

Journal of clinical medicine 20201025 11

<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in adults in Kuwait.<h4>Methods</h4>The Kuwait Diabetes Epidemiology Program was a nationally representative, cross-sectional study of diabetes and obesity in Kuwait conducted between 2011 and 2014. The survey sampled 4937 adults in Kuwait aged 20 years or more and recorded participants' demographics, behaviours, medical history, physical measurements and blood biochemical measurements. Prediabetes was def ...[more]

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