AU - Ershadi Moqadam, Hanieh AU - Barati, Hadis AU - Solimani, Zahra AU - Mohammadi, Masoud TI - Evaluating the Risk Factors of Type II Diabetes in Sabzevar PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ajaums-jps JN - ajaums-jps VO - 12 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://jps.ajaums.ac.ir/article-1-109-en.html 4100 - http://jps.ajaums.ac.ir/article-1-109-en.pdf SO - ajaums-jps 1 ABĀ  - Introduction: Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases associated with metabolism in humans. This study aimed to determine risk factors of diabetes in patients monitored by Sabzevar diabetics association. Methods and Materials: This study was a cross-sectional study performed on 148 type II diabetics patients monitored by Sabzevar diabetics association in September 2016. The blood pressure blood glucose and body mass index were measured in the patients. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16 using T-test and Chi-square test. Results: Based on the results, the mean age of patients were 53.6±11.8 years. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship among hypertension and education, age, and hyperlipidemia (P<0.05). Older and lower educated patients had more hypertension. Moreover, there is a significant relationship among hyperlipidemia and age, educational level, blood pressure, body mass index and diabetes (P<0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: Due to the lack of knowledge about risk factors for type II diabetes, findings of the current study can be beneficial for patients to prevent, treat and reduce the complications of diabetes. CP - IRAN IN - Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran LG - eng PB - ajaums-jps PG - 24 PT - Research YR - 2017