Impact of physical activity, BMI and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors on the risk of diabetes in 9,511 Ghanaian adults

Authors

  • Guillermo Felipe López Sánchez Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  • María Rosa Vigueras Hernández Reina Sofía University General Hospital, Murcia, Spain
  • Pablo Lucas Casas Reina Sofía University General Hospital, Murcia, Spain
  • Roksana Zauder Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Joanna Jastrzębska Department of Pediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Gdansk Medical University, Gdansk, Poland
  • Maria Skalska Department of Pediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Gdansk Medical University, Gdansk, Poland
  • Lukasz Radzimiński Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdansk, Poland
  • Zbigniew Jastrzębski Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdansk, Poland
  • Shahina Pardhan Vision and Eye Research Institute, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Cambridge Campus, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.518091
Keywords: Diabetes, Risk factors, Ghana, Physical activity, Physical education, Obesity, Gender, Older adults, Public health

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of physical activity, BMI, sociodemographic and life-style factors on the risk of diabetes in Ghana. We analyzed data from 9,511 Ghanaian adults that had participated in Waves 0 and 1 of the World Health Organization Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health. To assess diabetes participants were asked: “Have you ever been diagnosed with diabetes (high blood sugar)?”. The impact of nine exposure variables (physical activity, BMI, sex, age, marital status, education, smoking, alcohol intake, and fruit and vegetables consumption) on the risk of diabetes was analyzed with chi-square tests and multivariate regression analyses, separately in each wave to observe the evolution of diabetes risk factors in Ghana. In both adjusted and unadjusted analyses, the exposure characteristics significantly associated (p<0.05) with dia-betes were < 600 MET-minutes/week of physical activity (wave 1), obesity (wave 0), female sex (wave 1), age ≥ 60 years (waves 0 and 1) and education (wave 1). Therefore, these factors should be taken into account to develop public health strategies to reduce diabetes in Ghana. Considering the results of this study, an adequate strategy might be the implementation of physical education programs in people with obesity, women and older adults from Ghana.

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Published
03-04-2022
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López Sánchez, G. F., Vigueras Hernández , M. R. ., Lucas Casas , P. ., Zauder, R., Jastrzębska , J. ., Skalska , M. ., … Pardhan , S. . (2022). Impact of physical activity, BMI and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors on the risk of diabetes in 9,511 Ghanaian adults. SPORT TK-EuroAmerican Journal of Sport Sciences, 11, 15. https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.518091
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