Baseline population-based data from Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy are presented regarding the proportions of Māori aged ≥28 years with undiagnosed diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (dysglycaemia), resident within the Waikato/Lakes areas of New Zealand. Of the 3817 eligible Māori, mean BMI among women was 32.9 kg/m2 and 33.1 kg/m2 among men. The age standardised prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes was higher among men than women (6.5% vs 4.2%), as was that for IFG (5.4% vs 3.0%), but not IGT (8.5% vs 9.7%) with no rural-urban differences. Prevalence of dysglycaemia increased with increasing BMI with no clear inflection point and was 1.38-fold greater among those with a community services card after adjusting for age and gender and 1.33-fold greater after additionally adjusting for BMI.
