Revisiting the association between cardiovascular risk factors and diabetes: Data from a large population-based study

TY - JOUR

T1 - Revisiting the association between cardiovascular risk factors and diabetes

T2 - Data from a large population-based study

AU - Yang, Kyeongra

AU - Chasens, Eileen R.

AU - Sereika, Susan M.

AU - Burke, Lora E.

PY - 2009/9

Y1 - 2009/9

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/70350158837

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U2 - 10.1177/0145721709338528

DO - 10.1177/0145721709338528

M3 - Article

C2 - 19541852

SN - 0145-7217

VL - 35

SP - 770

EP - 777

JO - Diabetes Educator

JF - Diabetes Educator

IS - 5

ER -