en بیوشیمی Biochemistry <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Background:</strong></em> Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors. Objectives: This study was performed to assess the relationship of diabetes with gender, education, and marital status in an Iranian urban population.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> A total of 892 men and women aged 30-85 were recruited using a cluster-stratified sampling method from an urban population. Using a questionnaire, demographical data including gender, education, and marital status were collected. A blood sample after fasting for at least eight hours was collected from each subject. Associations of type 2 diabetes mellitus and studied variables were tested for significance.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> The prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 11.6%; 11.1% in men and 12.1% in women with no significant difference between them. Diabetes mellitus was most prevalent in the oldest age (age more than 60 years, 22.9%) and low education groups (17.9%, P < 0.001). Marital status was not significantly related to diabetes mellitus (P= 0.37).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Conclusion: </strong></em>The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is related to education within the Iranian population. Thus preventive strategies should be based on the affective factors.</p> Diabetes mellitus, Education, Gender, Marital status 64 68 http://rbmb.net/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-10&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Karamatollah Rahmanian 10031947532846005926 10031947532846005926 No Department of Community Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Mohammad Shojaei Shojaei1300@yahoo.com 10031947532846005927 10031947532846005927 Yes Department of Internal Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi 10031947532846005928 10031947532846005928 No Department of Immunology, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran