Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study [AusDiab]

Study

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name	Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study
Acronym	AusDiab
Last update	04/02/2009

Principal investigator

No information available

Contact

David W. Dunstan

The International Diabetes Institute, Australia
Email: ddunstan@idi.org.au

Website

http://www.aihw.gov.au/dataonline/riskfactors/index.cfm#RFPS

OBJECTIVES

The AusDiab study aimed to determine the national prevalence of diabetes and other selected non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in a representative sample of adults aged 25 years and over from each of the states and the Northern Territory of Australia. More specifically, the objectives of the study were to: 1) estimate the national and regional prevalence of diabetes and other forms of abnormal glucose tolerance; 2) estimate the prevalence of the cardiovascular risk factors within the Metabolic Syndrome, including obesity, hypertension, and lipid profile abnormalities;
3) assess the distribution and relationships of the cardiovascular risk factors indicated above; 4) assess temporal trends in risk factor prevalences with reference to previous Australian surveys; 5) describe health knowledge and attitudes and
utilization of health services, and 6) provide baseline data for longitudinal cohort studies.

METHODS

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General design

Study design	Cross-sectional prevalence
Type of participants	No information available
Target or final number of participants	20293
Target or final number of DNA	No information available

Participant selection / Characteristics of the population

Selection criteria

Age	Minimun: 25 years
Country of residence	Australia
Other criteria	Non-institutionalised adults residing in private dwellings in each of the six states and the Northern Territory, in urban and non-urban areas were included, if they had resided permanently at the address for a minimum of 6 months prior to the survey.