Prevalence and risk factors association with type ii diabetes in lahore city of pakistan
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2022
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UMT, Lhr
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Type-II diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, which has affected more than 465 million people worldwide, and it has been reported to be ninth leading cause of mortality. This study aims to determine risk factors associated type-II diabetes such as BMI, supplement intake, work type, family history, atypical features along with co-morbidities associated with this disease. The data was collected from Lahore city of Pakistan. The survey was performed for investigating the prevalence of type II diabetes and associated risk factors combined with it. 264 patients were interviewed through questionnaire who were suffering from type-II diabetes. A questionnaire was designed to record patients’ responses. Questionnaire contained: participant’s characteristics, lifestyle and comorbidities associated with the disease. It was found that there is significant difference in factors such as BMI, Atypical features associated with diabetes, Co-morbidities and Work type among various age groups and across gender while on the other hand supplement intake and family history in the studied population shows non-significant differences.