Abstract
This study examined the occurrence of diabetes and sustainable risk factors in residents aged 30 and above of a community in Taoyuan County, Taiwan. The main purpose of this research was to explore the correlations between related variables and the occurrence of diabetes. The demographic variables, health exam variables, healthy behavior variables, and environmental variables had obvious impacts on the risk of diabetes. As age increased, the risk of developing the disease also increased; higher educational levels lowered risk, while unemployment raised it. Also, analysis of the health exam variables showed that abnormal BMIs, waist-hip ratios, and body fat percentages had significant impacts on individuals’ risk of diabetes. Moreover, it was found that smoking affected the risk of having diabetes: smokers, particularly male smokers, had a relatively higher risk of developing the disease. Lastly, the results showed that exposure to second-hand smoke did not have a significant effect on the diabetes proportion in the male population. However, a significantly higher proportion of females who had been exposed to second-hand smoke had diabetes.
Highlights
Due to changes in lifestyle, the worldwide occurrence of non-communicable diseases is increasing rapidly, and with it, the urgency to confront and focus on the prevention of such diseases
This study explored the correlation between each demographic variable and diabetic patients, using the diabetes database maintained by a community hospital in Taoyuan County of Taiwan
Checking using proportional testing confirmed that the likelihood of having diabetes differed between the genders, and that males were more likely to suffer from the disease than females: 12.39% of the male population had been diagnosed with diabetes, while only 10.70% of females had been
Summary
Due to changes in lifestyle, the worldwide occurrence of non-communicable diseases is increasing rapidly, and with it, the urgency to confront and focus on the prevention of such diseases. Many recent studies focus on such diseases, including diabetes, and their contributing factors. Diabetes—a disease attributable to a disorder of the metabolism—is the result of insufficient hormones (commonly called insulin) secreted by pancreatic β cells or nonfunctioning β cells. The secretion of insulin helps digested glucose enter the body’s cells to be used as energy. If the secretion is insufficient, or if the β cells are nonfunctioning, the glucose will remain in the blood stream or be discharged in urine [1]. Symptoms of diabetes, which include feeling thirsty, urinating often, feeling hungry, and losing weight, are not easy to detect [2]. Having the disease for a long time without treatment may
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