Abstract

Objective To investigate the association between lifestyle risk factors and impaired fasting glucose level Methods The large scale community based cross sectional study was conducted in 2012 in Ilam province Iran and comprised 150 impaired fasting glucose cases and 450 controls Face to face interviews were conducted using a standard lifestyle questionnaire and subjects were checked for fasting plasma glucose Chi square test and multivariate logistic regression were used for statistical analysis Results Of the 600 participants 172(28 7) were males and 428(71 3) were females Their ages ranged from 20 to 83 years with a mean of 48 9 +/- 14 2 years for the cases and 45 5 +/- 13 4 years for the controls (p<0 008) There was no statistically significant difference in terms of age gender marital status location family history of diabetes and body mass index in the two groups (p>0 05) Using multivariate logistic regression ghee consumption increased the risk of impaired fasting glucose up to 2 2 folds (Odds Ratio=1 28 95 Confidence Interval 0 75 2 2) inactivity up to 2 33 folds (Odds Ratio=1 33 95 Confidence Interval 0 75 2 33) and smoking up to 313 folds (Odds Ratio=1 46 95 Confidence Interval 0 68 3 13) The differences were not statistically significant Conclusion Risk of impaired fasting glucose increases with lifestyle risk factors that need to be considered seriously by policy makers