FACTORS RELATED TO SMOKING AND DIABETES MELLITUS ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY: A STUDY IN GUANGDONG, CHINA.

Abstract

The high rates of smoking (around 34%) and diabetes (more than 20.8%) in Guangdong Province, China are a big public health issue since they are greater than or equivalent to the national guidelines. Smoking cigarettes raises the chance of getting diabetes mellitus, which in turn raises the risk of being sick or dying in the general population.  This study aimed to address such inquiry. This study was carried out to ascertain if smoking influences the likelihood of acquiring diabetes. There is a scarcity of case-control studies examining the association between smoking and the development of diabetes in Chinese populations. Researchers in Guangdong used a case-control study design to examine the link between daily cigarette smoking and the incidence of diabetes. The numbers show that there was a definite dose-response association and that heavy smokers had a higher risk of diabetes than non-smokers. These outcomes are in line with what other researchers have found in China and other places. This approach allows for the derivation of two distinct conclusions. To begin with, it stresses that smoking is linked to metabolic disorders like diabetes as well as more common ailments like heart and lung diseases that are increasing mortality rate. These steps might help decrease these effects. These interventions should aim to reduce smoking rates and ameliorate the diabetes pandemic. In short, the case-control studies done in Guangdong provide us further proof that smoking cigarettes dramatically raises the risk of getting diabetes.