Prevalence And Determinants Of Diabetes Mellitus And Impaired Fasting Glucose Among Workers At The Spare Parts Share Company Akaki Ethiopia

The study investigates the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucosernamong workers at the Spare Parts Share Company in Akaki, a suburb of Addis Ababa,rnEthiopia. The choice of the Akaki factory, with its 600-strong workers, was made inrnfurtherance of the long-term interest of the Department of Community Health of AddisrnAbaba University, to undertake a longitudinal research on Non-communicable diseasesrn(NCDs) among three of the largest factories in the country, including Akaki. It isrnintended that the outcome of this study and others that may follow, would contribute tornthe much needed data source on NCDs in the country.rnThe method applied for the research was a cross-sectional, descriptive approach, usingrnthe convenience sampling technique. This technique was used to enable the researcherrnachieve a reasonable sample size, given the total population of the factory. Moreover, thernstudy applied a three-step approach, consistent with the WHO procedure, namely, the usernof structured questionnaire to assess risk factor prevalence, anthropometric measurementsrnand lastly, biochemical testing for blood glucose levels.rnOut of the 533 eligible subjects in the factory, 475 were studied, with a non-response raternof 11%. Overall, the prevalence of impaired glucose homeostasis in the population wasrn6.9 ±0.3%. Diabetes was present in 3.4 ±0.2%, while impaired fasting glucose was foundrnin 3.6 ±0.4% of the studied population. The overall prevalence of hypertension in thernstudied population was 22.1 ±0.4% while 25.9% are overweight: these figures werernhigher than those reported from previous studies in the country. Moreover, among thern14rndiabetics, 38% had hypertension, and 47% of those with impaired fasting glucose alsornhad hypertension (p

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