To determine age and gender distributions of prevalent diabetes and related risk factors for Northern Canadians.
Cross-sectional study.
The data used were from 78,549 people aged 40 years or more (including 1148 from Northern Canada) who participated in a national survey in 2005. The study questionnaire covered the information on diabetes and potential risk factors. Multiple classification analysis and a logistic regression model were used for multivariate analysis.
In Northern Canada, the prevalence of diabetes tended to increase with age more rapidly in women (P=0.013), while the opposite was true for Southern Canada (P