PMID- 34290766
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220425
IS  - 1682-024X (Print)
IS  - 1681-715X (Electronic)
IS  - 1681-715X (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 4
DP  - 2021 Jul-Aug
TI  - Prevalence of Prediabetes and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in Cricket Players: 
      Multi-Cricket Clubs Cross Sectional Study.
PG  - 959-965
LID - 10.12669/pjms.37.4.4128 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Sports activities are highly beneficial for improving 
      the human health and reducing the risk of diseases. This cross sectional study 
      aimed to investigate the prevalence of prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus 
      in cricket players compared to population based non-elite athlete control 
      subjects. METHODS: The present matched cross sectional study was conducted in the 
      Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, 
      Saudi Arabia during the period October 2019 to February 2020. Initially, 700 
      volunteer males, (300) cricket players and (400) population based non-elite 
      athlete control subjects were interviewed. After socio-demographic and medical 
      history, (200) nonsmoker cricket players and (300) nonsmoker control subjects 
      were recruited. The age of cricket players was 34 (32-37) years, weight 81 
      (76-84) kg, height 1.79 (1.74-1.84) meters, and body mass index (BMI) was 25.09 
      (23.66-26.76) kg/m(2). The cricket players have been playing cricket for 4 (3-4) 
      hours per day; 3.50 (3-4) days per week; for the total period of 24 (12-36) 
      months. American Diabetes Association (ADA) based criteria on Glycated Hemoglobin 
      (HbA1c) was used to investigate the prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus. 
      RESULTS: In cricket players, the prevalence of prediabetes was 23 (11.5%) and 
      Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was 7 (3.5%) compared to population based matched 
      non-elite athlete control subjects the prediabetes was 73 (24.34%) and T2DM was 
      63 (21.1%) (p=0.001). Among cricket players, there was a 6-folds decrease in T2DM 
      compared to control subjects. CONCLUSIONS: The cricket sports activities decrease 
      the prevalence of prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among the 
      cricket players compared to population based matched non-elite athlete control 
      subjects. The study findings demonstrate the urgent need for promoting sports 
      activities, more cricket grounds as a physiological preventive strategy against 
      the global growing diabetes epidemic.
CI  - Copyright: (c) Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.
FAU - Meo, Sultan Ayoub
AU  - Meo SA
AD  - Sultan Ayoub Meo, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud 
      University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan
AU  - Abukhalaf AA
AD  - Abdulelah Adnan Abukhalaf, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King 
      Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alomar, Ali Abdullah
AU  - Alomar AA
AD  - Ali Abdullah Alomar, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud 
      University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Sami, Waqas
AU  - Sami W
AD  - Waqas Sami, Department of Public Health, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, 
      Pakistan.
FAU - Meo, Anusha Sultan
AU  - Meo AS
AD  - Anusha Sultan Meo, Army Medical College, National University of Medical Sciences, 
      Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Pakistan
TA  - Pak J Med Sci
JT  - Pakistan journal of medical sciences
JID - 100913117
PMC - PMC8281153
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cricket
OT  - Diabetes Mellitus
OT  - Prevalence
OT  - Sport
COIS- Conflicts of Interests: None.
EDAT- 2021/07/23 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/23 06:01
PMCR- 2021/07/01
CRDT- 2021/07/22 06:32
PHST- 2021/01/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/03/10 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/03/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/07/22 06:32 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/07/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PJMS-37-959 [pii]
AID - 10.12669/pjms.37.4.4128 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Jul-Aug;37(4):959-965. doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.4.4128.