Family History, Diabetes, and Other Demographic and Risk Factors Among Participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Annis, Ann M ; Caulder, Mark S ; Cook, Michelle L ; Duquette, Debra
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Family history of diabetes has been recognized as an important risk factor of the disease. Family medical history represents valuable genomic information because it characterizes the combined interactions between environmental, behavioral, and genetic factors. This study examined the strength and effect of having a family history of diabetes on the prevalence of self-reported, previously diagnosed diabetes among adult participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002.
  
  Methods
  
  The study population included data from 10,283 participants aged 20 years and older. Gender, age, race/ethnicity, poverty income ratio, education level, body mass index, and family history of diabetes were examined in relation to diabetes status. Diabetes prevalence estimates and odds ratios of diabetes were calculated based on family history and other factors.
  
  Results
  
  The prevalence of diabetes among individuals who have a first-degree relative with diabetes (14.3%) was significantly higher than that of individuals without a family history (3.2%), corresponding to a crude odds ratio of five. Both prevalence and odds ratio estimates significantly increased with the number of relatives affected with diabetes. Family history was also associated with several demographic and risk factors.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Family history of diabetes was shown to be a significant predictor of diabetes prevalence in the adult U.S. population. We advocate the inclusion of family history assessment in public health prevention and screening programs as an inexpensive and valuable source of genomic information and measure of diabetes risk.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Black Or African American Diabetes Mellitus Female Health Surveys Hispanic Or Latino Humans Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Nutrition Surveys Odds Ratio Parents Prevalence Risk Factors White

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2005; 2(2).
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U58/CCU522826/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19927/cdc_19927_DS1.pdf
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