Gestational diabetes mellitus and macrosomia predispose to diabetes in the Lebanese population.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The Middle East has the fastest rising rate of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) worldwide, with Lebanon having 15.8% of its population affected. This study aims at studying Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), and macrosomia as risk factors of T2DM in Lebanon. Such epidemiological and statistical study has never been conducted before in the Middle East region and would be useful for clinical diagnosis.

Methods

Our cohort is comprised of 1453 Lebanese individuals, with 897 controls and 556 patients. We tested the correlation between T2DM and the covariates GDM, PCOS, and macrosomia independently. We conducted multinomial logistic regression and cross tabulations with T2DM as an outcome.

Results

The results showed a significant as

SUBMITTER: Ghassibe-Sabbagh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6406007 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature