TITLE:
Epidemiological Analysis of Type II Diabetes Mellitus among Hail Residents, Saudi Arabia
AUTHORS:
Muteb H. Alshammari, Badr Alnasser
KEYWORDS:
Type II Diabetes, Risk Factors, Saudi Arabia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Epidemiology,
Vol.11 No.2,
March
31,
2021
ABSTRACT: Type II diabetes is a global health concern. This epidemic is elevating in increasing rates in Saudi Arabia. Thus, the study investigates a number of risk factors of Type II diabetes in Hail region, one of Saudi Arabia’s highest regions in diabetes records among adults. Data are collected using diabetic subjects from the Diabetes Registry Records in King Khalid Hospital at the city of Hail, Saudi Arabia, where 200 subjects’ records from 2014 to 2018 were included. A binary logistic regression was utilized to assess the association between age, gender, obesity, hypertension, family history, hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglyceridemia as risk factors and Type II diabetes. Some risk factors yielded statistical significant associations such as age (OR = 486.00 for 61 and older; OR = 468.00 for 51 - 60; and OR = 130.50 for 41 - 50; p-values ≤ 0.01), obesity (OR = 3.088; p-value ≤ 0.01), and hypertension (OR = 8.476; p-value ≤ 0.01), while gender, family history, hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglyceridemia were insignificant risk factors in our study. Proper intervention measures targeting diabetes risk factors may tackle or delay this public health issue.