PMID- 30345201
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200929
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 8
DP  - 2018 Aug 14
TI  - Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among the Pakistani Population: Results of a 
      Cross-sectional Survey.
PG  - e3144
LID - 10.7759/cureus.3144 [doi]
LID - e3144
AB  - Introduction Diabetes is a global issue. The aim of this study was to identify 
      the high-risk population and factors associated with the future development of 
      type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 
      the Family Medicine clinics of a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, 
      from July 2016 to February 2017. Patients or patient care attendants aged 21 to 
      85 years visiting the clinics were included. Individuals with known diabetes or 
      with serious comorbid conditions were excluded. A total of 600 participants were 
      consecutively approached. QDiabetes (an online diabetes risk calculator) was used 
      to measure the risk of developing T2DM. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 
      19.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) was used for data analysis. Results Information from 
      a total of 522 participants was included in the final analysis. Roughly 53% of 
      them were between 25 and 44 years of age. There was a predominance of females 
      (63%). Thirty-eight percent of patients were at high-risk. The factors associated 
      with high risk of T2DM were as follows: age 65 years or greater (Relative risk 
      [RR]: 5.81; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.01 to 16.76); female (RR: 1.86; 95% 
      CI: 1.05 to 3.28, p = 0.03); a past history of hypertension (RR: 5.11; 95% CI: 
      2.49 to 10.49); a family history of diabetes (RR: 9.76; 95% CI: 5.49 to 13.35). 
      Conclusion Controlling glucose levels and preventing hyperglycemia is a 
      challenging task due to the increasing trend of a sedentary lifestyle and changes 
      in dietary patterns. Counseling should be provided to caregivers and high-risk 
      patients on the prevention of T2DM including lifestyle modifications.
FAU - Mohammad, Fauzia H
AU  - Mohammad FH
AD  - Family Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
FAU - Nanji, Kashmira
AU  - Nanji K
AD  - Epidemiology and Public Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180814
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC6188162
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - factors
OT  - pakistan
OT  - predictors
OT  - t2dm
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2018/10/23 06:00
MHDA- 2018/10/23 06:01
PMCR- 2018/08/14
CRDT- 2018/10/23 06:00
PHST- 2018/10/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/10/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/10/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/08/14 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.3144 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2018 Aug 14;10(8):e3144. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3144.