Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2021 Mar 03; 9(E):198-202. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5681 eISSN: 1857-9655 Category: E - Public Health Section: Public Health Epidemiology The Relationship between Lifestyle with the Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Staff and Lecturers of Universitas Megarezky Irwansyah Irwansyah1*, Ilcham Syarief Kasim1, Bohari Bohari2 1Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Universitas Megarezky, City of Makassar, Indonesia; 2Nutrition Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, City of Serang, Indonesia Abstract Edited by: Sasho Stoleski BACKGROUND: An unhealthy lifestyle can lead to high cases of diabetes mellitus, especially in adults and Citation: Irwansyah I, Kasim IS, Bohari B. The Relationship between Lifestyle with the Risk of Diabetes adolescents. Mellitus in Staff and Lecturers of Universitas Megarezky. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2021 Mar 03; 9(E):198-202. AIM: This study aims to determine the relationship between lifestyle and the risk of diabetes mellitus. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5681 Key words: Lifestyle; Risk of diabetes mellitus; Adults METHODS: This research is a cross-sectional study. The population in this study was 198 with a sample of 91 *Correspondence: Irwansyah Irwansyah, Nursing respondents, obtained using purposive sampling technique. Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Universitas Megarezky, City of Makassar, Indonesia. E-mail:
[email protected] RESULTS: There were 50 (55%) respondents who had a good lifestyle and 41 (45%) had a poor lifestyle. There were Received: 08-Jan-2021 53 (58%) respondents who are at risk for diabetes mellitus, 38 (42%) respondents were not at risk, and there is the Revised: 10-Feb-2021 relationship between lifestyle with diabetes risk with p = 0.00.