Attribution of lifestyle risk factors in subjects with and without Impaired Fasting Glucose

Objective: to investigate the association between lifestyle risk factors and impaired fasting glucose level. methods: the large-scale, community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 in ilam province, iran, and comprised 150 impaired fasting glucose cases and 450 controls. face-to-face interviews were conducted using a standard lifestyle questionnaire, and subjects were checked for fasting plasma glucose. chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. results: of the 600 participants, 172(28.7%) were males and 428(71.3%) were females. their ages ranged from 20 to 83 years with a mean of 48.9±14.2 years for the cases and 45.5±13.4 years for the controls (p<0.008). there was no statistically significant difference in terms of age, gender, marital status, location, family history of diabetes and body mass index in the two groups (p>0.05). using multivariate logistic regression, ghee consumption increased the risk of impaired fasting glucose up to 2.2 folds (odds ratio=1.28, 95% confidence interval: 0.75-2.2); inactivity up to 2.33 folds (odds ratio=1.33, 95% confidence interval: 0.75-2.33) and smoking up to 3.13 folds (odds ratio=1.46, 95% confidence interval: 0.68-3.13). the differences were not statistically significant. conclusion: risk of impaired fasting glucose increases with lifestyle risk factors that need to be considered seriously by policy makers.