Relationship between diabetes risk factors and fasting blood glucose among civil servants in Ibadan, Nigeria

The study was carried out to determine the relationship between diabetes risk factors and fasting blood glucose among civil servants in Nigeria. Three hundred and one civil servants aged ≥35 years from randomly selected ministries and agencies of the Oyo State Secretariat took part in the study. Measurements of blood pressure, anthropometrics, and fasting blood glucose were made and information on demographic variables was documented.Of the 301 participants, 62.8 % were women. The mean age of men was 49.1 Â ± 6.9 while that of women was 49.4 Â ± 6.2. There was a significant relationship between the income and fasting blood glucose, but gender, age, positive family history of diabetes mellitus, blood pressure, history of having given birth to a baby weighing ≥4 kg, and obesity were not statistically associated with the fasting blood glucose.Apart from participants’ income, other factors were not significantly related to IFG and DM