@article{ajphr2020816,
author={{Ez¨CElarab, Hanan S. and Ahmed, Samar S. and Abdelazem, Abdullah S},
title={Diabetes Campaign among University Students in a Higher Top Ten Country},
journal={American Journal of Public Health Research},
volume={8},
number={1},
pages={36--40},
year={2020},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/8/1/6},
issn={2327-6703},
abstract={Diabetes Mellitus (DM) prevalence is increasing now a day in all countries. It is a major emerging clinical and public health problem worldwide and more specifically in Egypt. Pre-diabetes is a clinical stage before diabetes.  Life style changes in this stage could prevent or delay developing of diabetes with its morbid and fatal complications. <b>Aim of the study</b>: was to assess pre-diabetes and diabetes frequency and identify associated risk factors among Ain-Shams and Suez university students. <b>Subjects</b><b> and Methods: </b>854 university students were surveyed by a self-assessment diabetic score followed by measurement of blood pressure, weight, height, waist circumference and random blood glucose. For those with diabetes screening score ¡Ý 4 or finger-stick test strip levels equal or above 140mg/dL fasting blood glucose were done. <b>Results:</b><b> </b>Nearly quarter (24.8%) of the studied sample were at risk of pre-diabetes or diabetes by diabetic scoring and (8%) of them by random blood glucose testing. Demographic factors as female gender, urban residence and life styles as daily stress exposure, physical inactivity and smoking of cigarettes or shisha, in addition; high blood pressure and obesity were accompanied with high risk of pre-diabetes and diabetes. <b>Conclusion:</b> Awareness of university students and other population segments to measure either random or fasting blood glucose and modify life styles risk factors of pre-diabetes is utmost important to prevent or delay developing of diabetes mellitus.},
doi={10.12691/ajphr-8-1-6}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}