PMID- 31074599
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200514
LR  - 20200514
IS  - 2214-9996 (Electronic)
IS  - 2214-9996 (Linking)
VI  - 85
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 May 10
TI  - Exploration of Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes among Arabs in Israel.
LID - 67 [pii]
LID - 10.5334/aogh.2350 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is becoming increasingly prevalent 
      and is considered to be a major public health threat worldwide. Behavioral and 
      sociodemographic factors associated with T2DM vary within different societies. 
      OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the various behavioral and 
      sociodemographic factors associated with T2DM in the Arab society in Israel. 
      METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from 1,894 residents 
      over the age of 21 belonging to the Arab population in Israel. The data collected 
      from the subjects were subjected to statistical analyses using the SPSS program. 
      FINDINGS: Of the total sample population, 13.7% were found to be affected with 
      T2DM. The prevalence of T2DM increased sharply in the successive age groups of 
      both men and women. The prevalence of T2DM was found to increase progressively 
      particularly in women with an increase in BMI (~20%, 37% and 44% respectively), 
      while, in men it increased sharply (from 25% to ~50%) until a BMI of 29.9; it 
      then decreased drastically (to ~24%) for a BMI of >/=30. About 85% of the men 
      affected with T2DM were physically inactive, while 97% of the affected women were 
      physically inactive. Almost half of the participants with diabetes have a family 
      history of the disease in both genders. In the multivariate analysis, it was 
      found that age, obesity, physical inactivity and family history of the disease 
      were the significant factors associated with the prevalence of diabetes. 
      CONCLUSIONS: It could be concluded that age, obesity, family history and physical 
      inactivity were the significant factors associated with the prevalence of T2DM 
      within the Arab society in Israel.
CI  - (c) 2019 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms 
      of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which 
      permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided 
      the original author and source are credited. See 
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
FAU - Sharkia, Rajech
AU  - Sharkia R
AD  - The Triangle Regional Research and Development Center, Kfar-Qari'-30075, IL.
AD  - Beit-Berl Academic College, Beit-Berl 44905, IL.
FAU - Sheikh-Muhammad, Ahmad
AU  - Sheikh-Muhammad A
AD  - The Galilee Society - The Arabs National Society for Research and Health 
      Services, Shefa-Amr, IL.
FAU - Mahajnah, Muhammad
AU  - Mahajnah M
AD  - Child Neurology and Development Center, Hillel-Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, IL.
AD  - Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, IL.
FAU - Khatib, Mohammad
AU  - Khatib M
AD  - The Galilee Society - The Arabs National Society for Research and Health 
      Services, Shefa-Amr, IL.
FAU - Zalan, Abdelnaser
AU  - Zalan A
AD  - The Triangle Regional Research and Development Center, Kfar-Qari'-30075, IL.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20190510
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann Glob Health
JT  - Annals of global health
JID - 101620864
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Arabs
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*ethnology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Israel/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
PMC - PMC6634318
COIS- The authors have no competing interests to declare.
EDAT- 2019/05/11 06:00
MHDA- 2020/05/15 06:00
PMCR- 2019/05/10
CRDT- 2019/05/11 06:00
PHST- 2019/05/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/05/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/05/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/10 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 67 [pii]
AID - 10.5334/aogh.2350 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Ann Glob Health. 2019 May 10;85(1):67. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2350.