Prevalenceof diabetes mellitus, blood sugar tolerance disorders and some related factor among ocean transport crew in 2019

Abstract

A cross - sectional study was conducted
through face - to - face interviews, physical
examinations, blood sugar tests for 400 ocean crew members in 2019 to determine the prevalenceof diabetes mellitus, blood sugar tolerance disorders and describe some factors related to diabetes mellitus. The study results showed: The proportion of crew members with diabetes mellitus and blood sugar tolerance disorders was 3.25% and 13.25%. This rate tends to increase with the age of the crew.
Crews with hypertension were 6.5 times more likely to develop diabetes than the group without hypertension. Overweight, obese crew members are 3.5 times more likely to develop diabetes mellitus than crew members of normal and lean weight. Crew members with a high waist-hip ratio index were 3.9 times more likely to develop diabetes than crew members with normal waist-hip ratio index. Crews who were not physically active were 3.48 times more likely to develop diabetes than regular
physically active crew members.