TY - JOUR AU - Muhammed, Alia Ali AU - Taj, Azeem AU - Ahmed, Muhammed Uthman AU - Tabrez, Elsa PY - 2020/03/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Frequency of impaired fasting glucose in first degree relatives of Type-II diabetic patients and its association with Body Mass Index: Impaired fasting glucose in first degree relatives of Type-II diabetic patients JF - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Pak J Med Sci VL - 36 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.12669/pjms.36.3.57 UR - https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/57 SP - AB - Objectives: To determine the frequency of impaired fasting glucose in first degree relatives of people with Type-II diabetes and its association with BMI.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Diabetic clinic of Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore from July to December 2017. Individuals aged ≥35 years, first degree relatives of people with Type-II diabetes, were selected and their fasting blood glucose levels were checked twice a week apart. Study participants were divided into 3 groups. Group-I were those with normal fasting blood glucose (FBS: <100mg/dl), Group-II were those with impaired fasting glucose (100-125mg/dl), considered as high risk and Group-III included those who turned out to be having frank diabetes (FBS: ≥126mg/dl). Exclusion criteria were known diabetes and pregnancy. Proportions of impaired fasting glucose levels versus BMI were compared using Chi-square test. Significance was considered at P <0.001.Results: A total of hundred subjects were included in the study with the mean age of 44.27 years. Sixty percent participants had normal FBS, 31% showed impaired FBS and 09% had frank diabetes (P <0.001). Significant association was found between impaired fasting glucose and BMI, as with increasing BMI the frequency of impaired fasting glucose increases.Conclusion: First-degree relatives of people with Type-II diabetes showed higher frequency of impaired fasting glucose and obesity was an important risk factor.doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.57How to cite this:Ali A, Taj A, Ahmed MU, Tabrez E. Frequency of impaired fasting glucose in first degree relatives of Type-II diabetic patients and its association with Body Mass Index. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(3):407-411. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.57This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ER -