Type 2 diabetes family histories, body composition and fasting glucose levels: a cross-section analysis in healthy sedentary male and female.

• Main Authors: Antonino Bianco, Francesco Pomara, Ewan Thomas, Antonio Paoli, Giuseppe Battaglia, Marco Petrucci, Patrizia Proia, Marianna Bellafiore, Antonio Palma
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-07-01
• Series: Iranian Journal of Public Health
• Subjects: Body composition; Family history; Fasting glucose level; Lifestyle; Type 2 diabetes
• Online Access: https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/4503

Diabetes type 2 is a world wide spread disease with a multifactorial pathogenetic evolution. Various factors like obesity, physical inactivity and poor lifestyle habits contribute to its development. The aim of this study was to verify if in young healthy sedentary male and female there is positive correlation between family history to type 2 diabetes and an increase in body weight and fat mass, or alterations in basal glycemia values.Totally183 male and 237 female healthy sedentary subjects were analysed in 2012, in Italy. They were divided in three groups: FH(+) with first degree family history, FH(++) with second degree family history and FH(-) with no family history. Anthropometrics, body composition and blood parameters were assessed.Male had the highest BMI values (P