Relationship between family history, diet and sedentary behavior with the incidence of diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a degenerative disease that is a public health problem throughout the world. Diabetes mellitus has become one of four non-communicable diseases that will cause around 6.7 million people to die in 2021. Currently, the number of cases and prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to increase. There are several risk factors that can cause diabetes mellitus, including family history, food patterns and sedentary behavior. This study aims to determine the relationship between family history, diet and sedentary behavior on the incidence of diabetes mellitus. The population in this study were all patients aged 45- 75 years who were treated at the Chronic Disease Management Program (Prolanis), Public Health Rebo District Market Center. Samples were taken as many as 68 respondents with a purposive sampling technique. The data was collected using a questionnaire and then analyzed using the chi square test. The results showed that there is a relationship between family history (p-values = 0.003 with OR = 5.061), diet (p-values = 0.002 with OR = 5.667) and sedentary behavior (p-values = 0.011). with OR value = 3829) with the incidence of diabetes mellitus Keywords: Family History, Food Patterns, Sedentary Behavior, Diabetes Mellitus, Incidence