Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic disease that can affect all parts of human body and associated with short-term and long-term complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Age, obesity, family history, and hypertension are considered to be the most common risk factors for the incidence of DM. This study aimed to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes among governmental employee in Alrass city in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional survey was done using health professional-administrated questionnaire. Two groups of data collectors were formed and trained to fill out the questionnaire, each group was consist of 1 family medicine doctor and 4 nurses. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS v. 26. A total of 527 subjects participated in our study with a response rate of 100%. Of them, more than half (55%) were females. Approximately all of our participants were Saudi 92% regarding age, more than three quarters (79.5%) were aged less than 45 years, 15.6% were ranged from 45 to 50 years, and 4.9% were from 55 to 64 years. We reported no significant correlation between gender and nationality regarding the risk of DM. Saudi females who aged less than 45 years and obese participants had a risk for developing DM.

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