This population-based study found a low prevalence of impaired fasting glucose and no cases of type 2 diabetes among Turkish adolescents, despite 14.3% being overweight or obese.
Low DM2/IFG rates despite overweight in Turkish adolescents; hypothesis-generating for protective factors, needing longitudinal confirmation.
A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted on 1,647 Turkish adolescents to determine the prevalence of obesity, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), and to determine whether the recent increase in DM2 prevalence in some countries is applicable to this population. Information was gathered through a questionnaire. All children were screened with physical examination and fasting plasma glucose. 10.7% of adolescents were overweight (BMI 85-95th percentile) and 3.6% were obese (BMI > or =95th percentile). Mean BMI was 20.25 +/- 3.31 kg/m2 with maximum BMI 35.88 kg/m2. No child was diagnosed with DM2; 1.96% had IFG (110-126 mg/dl). No significant relationship was found between IFG and obesity, socio-economic status (SES) or family history of DM. The risk of obesity was increased among children with family history of DM or obesity, and among those who had low physical activity and were of high SES level. This analysis represents the population-based data upon which future studies will be based.
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