TY - JOUR AU - Giron, Maria Stella AU - de la Vega, Shelley Ann PY - 2022/08/23 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Prevalence of Diabetes Among Community-Living Older Persons in the Philippines:: The FITforFrail Study JF - Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies JA - J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc VL - 37 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.15605/jafes.037.02.15 UR - https://asean-endocrinejournal.org/index.php/JAFES/article/view/1897 SP - 23-27 AB - <p><strong>Objective.</strong> To estimate the prevalence of diabetes among Filipino older persons living in the community.</p><p><strong>Methodology.</strong> A cross-sectional analysis was done on a random sample of persons  ages 60 years and older from the Focused Interventions for Frail Older Adults Research and Development Program (2018-2019). A diagnosis of diabetes was established by self-reported physician’s diagnosis or if the person was on any antihyperglycemic drugs.</p><p><strong>Results.</strong> The prevalence of self-reported diabetes was 20.5%, with no difference in age, sex, education, or body mass index between older persons with and without diabetes. The presence of 2 or more comorbidities was significantly more common among older persons with diabetes (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001). Visual impairment (<em>p</em>&lt;0.01), hypertension (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001) and hyperlipidemia (<em>p </em>&lt;0.001) were more frequent among those with diabetes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion.</strong> Diabetes is prevalent among community-living older Filipinos. Therefore, effective public health measures for diabetes prevention and management are needed for the ever-growing older population, who are at the highest risk for morbidity and mortality.</p> ER -