Key result
Low-moderate physical activity linked to ~188% higher odds of moderate-to-high type 2 diabetes risk.
Why the study?
Type 2 diabetes causes important complications and high prevalence worldwide, warranting assessment of how healthy habits such as physical activity and diet influence type 2 diabetes risk.
Do healthy habits such as physical activity and Mediterranean diet reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in adult workers?
Cross-Sectional (n=1,457)
Yes
Do healthy habits such as physical activity and Mediterranean diet reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in adult workers?
Odds Ratio: 2.88 (95% CI 1.91–4.33)
Physical exercise and adherence to the Mediterranean diet are associated with a lower estimated risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adult workers.
May support activity and Mediterranean diet for lower estimated T2D risk in workers; leaves open causal effects and practice change.
Background: Type 2 diabetes is considered a worldwide public health problem due to its high prevalence and the important complications it causes. Objectives: To assess the influence of healthy habits, especially physical activity and diet, on the risk of type 2 diabetes. Material and methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study in 1457 Spanish workers in which the influence of different sociodemographic variables and lifestyle habits such as tobacco consumption, physical activity and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in relation to the risk of presenting type 2 diabetes assessed with the Finrisk and Leicester scales was evaluated. Results: The prevalence of moderate and high values of the Finrisk and Leicester scales decreased as the level of physical activity assessed with the IPAQ questionnaire increased and as adherence to the Mediterranean diet increased. In the multivariate analysis by binary logistic regression, high age, male sex, less favoured social class, low level of physical activity and low adherence to the Mediterranean diet influence the increase in the prevalence of high diabetes risk values, while tobacco consumption shows a protective effect. Conclusion: Physical exercise and the Mediterranean diet have a beneficial effect on the risk of presenting type 2 diabetes with Finrisk and Leicester scales.
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López‐González et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Risk of type 2 diabetes (n=1,457). Low-moderate physical activity vs. High physical activity was evaluated on Moderate-high risk of type 2 diabetes on the Finrisk scale (OR 2.88, 95% CI 1.91-4.33). Low-moderate physical activity (OR 2.88) and low adherence to the Mediterranean diet (OR 2.19) significantly increased the odds of having a moderate-to-high risk of type 2 diabetes on the Finrisk scale.
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