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Towards Prevention of Diabetes in Offsprings of Type 2 Diabetic Patients
December 2012
Table 2: Attitude of diabetics and their actual provision of advice on diabetes prevention
Attitude
Is it necessary to advice offsprings on diabetes?
Have you actually given advice about diabetes to your offspring?
Yes
n (%)
133 (66.5)
81 (40.5)
No
n (%)
67 (33.5)
119 (59.5)
while Student t test was used for quantitative variables
with normal distribution. Odds ratio (OR), 95% CI
(confidence interval), and Mantel Haenszel Chi square
were used for studying association. Also Chi square
was used to compare qualitative variables of sociodemographic
characteristics. Multiple logistic regression
technique was used to identify significant predictors of
advising offspring after adjusting for the confounding
effect of other variables. The level of significance selected
for this study was a p-value of ≤ 0.05.
All the necessary approvals for carrying out the
research were obtained. The Ethical Committee of the
Kuwaiti Health Science Center and Kuwait Institute
for Medical Specializations (KIMS) approved the
research.
RESULTS
Table 1 shows characteristics of the studied
population. The majority were female (58.0%),
Kuwaiti (75.5%) holding less than a university
certificate (65.6%). The mean age of the whole group
was 56.4 ± 10.7 years, with a mean body mass index
indicating obesity (31.2 + 6.6 kg/m 2 ), and suffering
from diabetes for a mean period of 8.6 + 7.6 years.
Most of the studied diabetics were living with their
offspring (81.0%) and had a positive family history
of diabetes (79.5%). Although, only 22.0% were
receiving insulin yet 63.5% suffered from one or more
complications of diabetes. Those admitted to hospital
due complications of diabetes constituted 22.0% of
the sample.
Table 3: Relationship between giving advice about diabetes to offspring and parental factors
Parental factors
Yes
n (%)
No
n (%)
OR (95% CI)
p-value
Sex
Male
Female
Nationality
Kuwait
Non-Kuwaiti
Education
University +
< University
Obese
Yes
No
Under insulin treatment
Yes
No
Experiencing complications of diabetes
Yes
No
Hospital admission related to diabetes
Yes
No
Family history of diabetes
Yes
No
Living with their offspring
Yes
No
Mean ± SD
Age
Duration of diabetes
39 (46.4)
42 (36.2)
63 (41.7)
18 (36.7)
38 (50.7)
43 (34.4)
40 (38.1)
41 (43.2)
22 (48.9)
59 (38.1)
31 (24.4)
50 (68.5)
16 (36.4)
65 (41.7)
57 (35.8)
24 (58.5)
67 (41.4)
14 (36.8)
52.2 ± 8.7
8.5 ± 7.7
45 (53.6)
74 (63.8)
88 (58.3)
31 (63.3)
37 (49.3)
82 (65.6)
65 (61.9)
54 (56.8)
23 (51.1)
96 (61.9)
96 (75.6)
23 (31.5)
28 (63.6)
91 (58.3)
102 (64.2)
17 (41.5)
95 (58.6)
24 (63.2)
59.2 ± 11.1
8.7 ± 7.6
1.53 (0.86 - 2.71)
-
1.23 (0.63 - 2.39)
-
1.96 (1.09 - 3.51)
-
0.81 (0.46 - 1.43)
-
1.56 (0.79 - 3.04)
-
0.15 (0.08 - 0.28)
-
0.80 (0.40 - 1.59)
-
0.39 (0.19 - 0.79)
-
1.20 (0.58 - 2.51)
-
-
-
0.1471
0.5376
0.0236*
0.4675
0.1939
< 0.001*
0.5279
0.0085*
0.6107
< 0.001
0.959
* Significant : p ≤ 0.05; OR = Odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval