Prevalence and factors associated with impaired glucose homeostasis

Globally, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus across various occupational groups and its relationship with an occupational factor is a topic of recent interest. Police officers as an occupational group are exposed to unhealthy life style, excessive alcohol consumption and smoking which intern leads to diabetes mellitus and other cardiovascular diseases than the general population. The objective of this study were to assess the prevalence and factors associated with impaired glucose homeostasis, diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose level among federal police members at residing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Cross-sectional study designs were employed using multi-stage sampling technique. The total sample size for the study was 1003. Data were collected using structured questionnaire, physical examinations and blood samples, by using the WHO step-wise approach for chronic non-communicable diseases; entered into SPSS version 20.0, cleaned and analyzed. Out of 1003 eligible subjects 936 (93.3) police officer were participated in this study. Of the total subjects tested for blood glucose level the prevalence of IGH were 13%, out of which 47 (5.0 %) were DM and 73 (8.0%) IFG.