Research Article Prevalence of Self-Reported Diabetes and Its Associated Factors: A Population-Based Study in Brazil

Copyright © 2015 Fabiana A. F. Da-Mata et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Aim. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and its associated risk factors in adults from Brasilia, Brazil. Methods.The present cross-sectional population-based study consisted of interviews with individuals aged 18–65 years. Participants were selected through two-stage probability sampling by clusters and stratified by sex and age. Demographic and clinical data were collected directly with participants fromFebruary toMay 2012. Self-reported diabetes prevalencewas calculated at a 95 % confidence interval (CI). Prevalence ratios (PR) were adjusted by Poisson regression with robust variance. Results. In all, 1,820 individuals were interviewed. Diabetes prevalence in the adult population of Brasilia was 10.1 % (95 % CI, 8.5%–11.6%). Variables associated wit