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Our study used data collected in Chung-Hsing Village to evaluate the relationship between hyperglycemia and its related factors in Taiwanese middle-aged adults in May 1998. All government employees at the Taiwan Provincial Government in Chung-Hsing Village aged 40-64 years were candidates for this study. Only 708 volunteers completed a structured questionnaire and underwent venous blood tests. To study the significant related factors of hyperglycemia, the t-test, 2 analysis and multivariate logistic regression were used. Our results showed that 40 of the 708 subjects were men and 60 were women. The mean age was 50.5 +/- 6.8 years. The mean values of fasting glucose were 4.68 +/- 1.92 mmol/L in men and 4.70 +/- 1.70 mmol/L in women (P> 0.05). The proportions of hyperglycemia were 6.4 in men and 5.7 in women (P> 0.05). After controlling for other covariates, the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the significant related factors for hyperglycemia were older age (odds ratio = 2.86, 95; confidence interval = 1.36-6.05; P< 0.01) and hypertriglyceridemia (odds ratio = 3.34, 95; confidence interval = 1.68-6.64; P< 0.001). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]