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CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO KNOW ASSOCIATION OF TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM) WITH FAMILY HISTORY AND ITS PREVELANCE AMONG THEM

Dr Hewad Hewadmal, Dr Sultan Ahmad Aatef, Dr Shujat

Objective: To determine the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes and its association with family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: The study was conducted in medicine department Herat Regional Hospital, Herat Afghanistan for one year duration from September 2017 to October 2018. Methodology: The total patients included 175 male subjects aged 35 to 60 years. They were divided into 2 groups. Group A (Patients); type 2 diabetic were included in Group B (Controls); Seventy-five non-diabetic included. Type 2 diabetic patients were selected randomly from the Diabetic clinic. Non-diabetic subjects were selected twice according to date and fasting glucose samples. Date received after informed consent. Physical examination was performed and the questionnaire was completed. With SPSS version 17 data was analyzed. Results: 72 patients (72%) of 100 subjects with type II diabetes had family history of T2DM and 28 (28%) patients had refused family history of T2DM. 75 non-diabetic subjects, 20 (26%) family history of diabetes, and 55 (74%) occurred, type 2 diabetes, family history rejected (p = 0.007) in the family with T2DM. Conclusion: The family history of T2DM is important risk factor for the emergence of the disease an independently. Key Words: Diabetes mellitus type 2, Family history, frequency.

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