TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-communicable disease risk factor profile among public employees in a regional city in northern Ethiopia
AU - Gebremariam, Lemlem Weldegerima
AU - Chiang, Chifa
AU - Yatsuya, Hiroshi
AU - Hilawe, Esayas Haregot
AU - Kahsay, Alemayehu Bayray
AU - Godefay, Hagos
AU - Abraham, Loko
AU - Hirakawa, Yoshihisa
AU - Iso, Hiroyasu
AU - Aoyama, Atsuko
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [B, 26293147 to A.A.], and in part by Sciences Research Grant for Research on Global Health Issues from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development [16jk0110008h0102 to A.A.]. The authors wish to thank public employees in Mekelle, and staff members of the field survey, Tigray Provincial Health Bureau, Mekelle University College of Health Sciences for assistance in data collection and valuable advice.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in Ethiopia. This study aims to describe the prevalence of NCD risk factors of public employees in a regional city in northern Ethiopia. We conducted a cross-sectional epidemiological study targeting men and women aged 25-64 years employed by public offices in Mekelle. The prevalence was age-standardized to the Ethiopian 2007 population. Among the 1380 subjects (823 men and 557 women), 68.7% had less than 1 serving of fruits and vegetables per day, 41.0% were physically inactive, and 57.3% observed religious fast. The age-standardised prevalence of abdominal obesity was 29.3% in men and 58.5% in women, but that of metabolic syndrome was comparable between men (39.2%) and women (39.0%). The prevalence of diabetes was underestimated if only fasting blood glucose (FBG) was used for the diagnosis compared to combination of FBG and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) (6.7% in men and 3.8% in women vs. 12.1% in men and 5.6% in women). More than a quarter (26.1%) of men and 8.7% of women had estimated 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease of 10% or more. This study revealed the high prevalence of NCD metabolic risk factors among the urban public employees in the highland of Ethiopia.
AB - The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in Ethiopia. This study aims to describe the prevalence of NCD risk factors of public employees in a regional city in northern Ethiopia. We conducted a cross-sectional epidemiological study targeting men and women aged 25-64 years employed by public offices in Mekelle. The prevalence was age-standardized to the Ethiopian 2007 population. Among the 1380 subjects (823 men and 557 women), 68.7% had less than 1 serving of fruits and vegetables per day, 41.0% were physically inactive, and 57.3% observed religious fast. The age-standardised prevalence of abdominal obesity was 29.3% in men and 58.5% in women, but that of metabolic syndrome was comparable between men (39.2%) and women (39.0%). The prevalence of diabetes was underestimated if only fasting blood glucose (FBG) was used for the diagnosis compared to combination of FBG and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) (6.7% in men and 3.8% in women vs. 12.1% in men and 5.6% in women). More than a quarter (26.1%) of men and 8.7% of women had estimated 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease of 10% or more. This study revealed the high prevalence of NCD metabolic risk factors among the urban public employees in the highland of Ethiopia.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-018-27519-6
DO - 10.1038/s41598-018-27519-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 29915239
AN - SCOPUS:85048761859
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 8
JO - Scientific reports
JF - Scientific reports
IS - 1
M1 - 9298
ER -