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Abstract
Diabetes is increasing prevalent, cost and complication at an alarming rate throughout the world. There is also a substantial body of evidence to suggest that those in the pre-diabetic state are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. This study is important because it focuses on identifying those at risk for pre-diabetes for early intervention to reverse or prevent the development of diabetes which will be many steps a head in our war against diabetes. A cross sectional community-based study was carried out at an urban locality (Fanja City) in Ad Dakhliyah region in Oman to determine the prevalence of pre-diabetes and the associated risk factors like socio-demographic, personal medical history, family history, lifestyle as obesity, diet, smoking ,exercise and dyslipidemia among Omanis aged 18 years and more. To achieve this aim a probability of multistage cluster sampling technique was applied and the sample size was 1311. The American Diabetes Association Criteria (ADA 2003) was applied with redefining IFG as fasting plasma glucose from 5.6 to 6.9 mmol/l.The collected data were analyzed using SPSS V.13 for estimating the prevalence of pre-diabetes as well as carrying out the appropriate association statistical tests for the risk factors. The following are the main finding of the study: