Endocrine Abstracts

Backgrounds: The rapidly increasing epidemic of obesity is one of the most challenging dilemmas facing endocrinologists all over the world today. The scale of the obesity problem has a number of serious consequences for individuals and for government health systems. The aim of our research was the evaluation of obesity and overweight prevalence in Minsk city population within the framework of the Campaign ‘Obesity As A Risk Factor of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus’

Materials: The Campaign ‘Obesity As A Risk Factor Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus’ was an opportunistic screening of individuals applying to the healthcare institutions of Minsk-city during 2 weeks. The evaluation of overweight was estimated on the basis of BMI and abdominal fat mass was assessed by waist circumference, fasting glucose was detected. Distribution by age and sex were taking into account.

Results: Seven thousand and sixty-nine individuals participated in the Campaign, 2564 (25.72%) men and 4505 (63.28%) women. The mean age of the participants was 49.8+15.9 years.

According to the obtained data 74.87% (5293) of examined participants had an excess body weight, among them 3490 (65.9%) women, 1803 (34.1%) men. 2380 (33.7) respondents were overweight (65.9% female; 34.1% male); and 2.913(41.2%) respondents were obese (70.9% female; 29.1% male). Normal BMI was registered in 1.776 (25.2%) citizens.The mean BMI made 29.1+5.24 kg/m². The evaluation of waist circumference revealed that 3285 (76.7%)females had waist circumference above 80 cm and 1122 (45.8%)males – above 94 cm, the mean range of waist circumference in female become 92.1 cm, in male – 92.8 cm. Abdominal adiposity as a predictor of CVD risk and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes was registered in 2638 (61.6%) women and in 581 (23.7%) men.

Conclusions: The results of the Campaign ‘Obesity As A Risk Factor Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus’ revealed the high presence of overweight (33.7%) and obesity (41.2%) in Minsk city population. Abdominal adiposity was registered in 478% respondents (82% women and 18% men).