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Show A. Total 100 -i 4 80 4 f 60 - 40 - 20 - 28.6 B. By Gender 100 -, 80 - 60 - 32.3 45.5 T 23.2 T 33.5 T 40 - T 1 1 1 20 - 1 0 - Males Females C. By Age Category (years) w 100 n & 80 0 ¦op X 60 - 40 - 20 - 35.6 40.2 4:L2 37.9 < 35 yrs. 35-64 >64 DNot very serious llVery serious Figure 2. Percentage of Non-Diagnosed Utah Adults with High-Risk Lifestyles, by Perceived Seriousness of Diabetes. BRFSS Sub-Samples, 1998-2000. tes. The respondents for the sub-samples are referred to as "non-diagnosed" Utah adults. Perceived seriousness of diabetes was obtained from responses to the following question, "How serious is diabetes? By serious, I mean decreasing the quality of life, leading to death, costs of caring for diabetes, leading to other medical problems, and so forth." Response categories were: (1) Very serious (2) Pretty/somewhat serious, (3) Not serious at all, and (4) Don't know. Refusals were eliminated from the analyses. The actual measure of perceived seriousness is a dichotomy, consisting of "very serious" (category (1), above) and "not very serious" (collapsing categories (2) through (4) above). Nearly three out of five non-diagnosed Utah adults in our pooled sample perceived diabetes to be very serious. Lifestyle risk was measured by weight status and exercise status. Being overweight was defined as having a body mass index equal to or above 25. This definition of overweight was developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in 1998 and has been used by the BRFSS for several years. The definition for not exercising was the same one used in Healthy People 2010 (Objective 22-2), defined as participating in some form of physical activity less than five times per week and 30 minutes per session, regardless of intensity. The actual indicator of lifestyle risk used in this paper was a dichotomy, i.e., "high-risk" (describing those who are both overweight and not exercising) and "low/moderate risk" (describing those who may have one or neither of the risk factors). Over one in three non-diagnosed Utah adults in our pooled sample were defined as being in high-risk lifestyles because they were both overweight and not exercising. Age was grouped into three cohorts: 18 to 34, 35-64, and 65 and over. Special weights were created for the three-month sub-samples to reflect the Utah population composition for all three years. The statistical tests for trends Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume VIII |