Ali Hussein albayati
University of Babylon, Iraq
Title: Diabetic Risk Assessment among Patients at Tertiary Teaching Hospital
Biography
Biography: Ali Hussein albayati
Abstract
The scoring system from Finnish Diabetes Association has been used to be the simplest and most practical, and informative to assess the risk of developing type II DM. this study has been carried out to evaluate the usefulness of the Finnish Diabetes Association scoring system in detecting asymptomatic DM. Furthermore, to determine the associations of scoring system with DM risk factors in a cross-sectional study at Tertiary Hospital. A hospital-based cross sectional study design was carried out on (300) free of DM patients at different outpatient clinics in Tertiary Teaching Hospital. The study duration was from July 2013 to January 2014. The results showed that, Out of 300 patients without DM, the overall mean of risk score for developing type II DM within 10 years risk score was (14.12± 6.12). Only (24.0%) of the patients were at very high risk for developing type II DM. High blood glucose were the (B= 0.368) strongest predictor to explain the risk score followed by family history of type II DM (B= 0.337) by using of standard linear multiple regression model. Multiple risk have been associated with developing of type II DM starting by age, central obesity, sedentary life style, low fibre diet, high prevalence of hypertension as well as genetic factor. Individuals’ awareness about their weight and the impact of sedentary life style needed more effort for primary DM prevention but still the strongest predictors of developing DM can be explain by high blood glucose and family history of having DM.