The thicker the waist, the higher the blood sugar!

In recent years, diabetes has become younger, how can I pay more attention to my diabetes risk?

Recently, studies by Wang Limin and Deng Xiaoqing of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminded that adults with a body mass index or waist circumference higher than the normal value are the key population for diabetes prevention and control

The researchers point out that more efforts should be made to increase awareness of waist circumference to help maintain normoglycemia in all populations

Research shows that the average fasting blood glucose of Chinese adults is 5.

Among them, people aged ≥60 years had the highest blood sugar levels, males were higher than females, and the average glycated hemoglobin of urban residents was slightly higher than that of rural residents

Mean fasting blood glucose and mean glycated hemoglobin increased with weight and waist circumference

For every 1 kg/m2 increase in body mass index, fasting blood glucose of undiagnosed diabetes, newly diagnosed diabetes and existing diabetes increased by 0.

For every 1 cm increase in waist circumference, the fasting blood glucose of the three groups increased by 0.

In particular, the study found that both urban and rural men had significantly higher average blood sugar levels in low-weight men

The researchers pointed out that close attention should be paid to the glycemic control of people with diabetes, especially men who are underweight

This study included 177,816 subjects in 298 surveillance districts (counties) of 31 provincial-level administrative regions in the 2018 China Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance

Source: Deng Xiaoqing, Zhang Mei, Zhang Xiao, et al.