Kim Jaetaek, Choi Seungjin, Kim Chee Jeong, Oh Yeonsahng, Shinn Soon Hyun
Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Korean J Intern Med. 2002 Mar;17(1):14-8. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2002.17.1.14.
The risk of developing diabetes is high in the offspring of patients with type 2 diabetes. There have been no studies to assess the offspring's awareness of the risk of developing diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate how the male offspring of type 2 diabetic patients assess their likelihood of developing diabetes.
One hundred and one non-diabetic men with one or both parents having type 2 diabetes, aged 19-28 years, were recruited.
Thirty-nine subjects (38.6%) were concerned about diabetes and 85 (84.2%) considered diabetes a serious problem. However, only 10 (9.9%) thought they might develop diabetes and 9 (8.9%) had previously attended diabetes education programs with their parents. The educational level amongst the diabetic parents was the only independent predictor of perception of the increased risk. Age, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, educational level and the perception of diabetes as a serious problem were not associated with perception of the increased risk.
Most offspring of diabetic parents lacked knowledge about the increased risk amongst family members. We suggest that physicians and diabetic educators should provide knowledge about the increased risk of developing diabetes in offspring and the benefit of lifestyle modification to delay or prevent the development of the disease.
2型糖尿病患者的后代患糖尿病的风险很高。尚无研究评估这些后代对患糖尿病风险的认知情况。本研究的目的是调查2型糖尿病患者的男性后代如何评估自己患糖尿病的可能性。
招募了101名年龄在19至28岁之间、父母一方或双方患有2型糖尿病的非糖尿病男性。
39名受试者（38.6%）担心患糖尿病，85名（84.2%）认为糖尿病是一个严重问题。然而，只有10名（9.9%）认为自己可能患糖尿病，9名（8.9%）曾与父母一起参加过糖尿病教育项目。糖尿病父母的教育水平是感知患病风险增加的唯一独立预测因素。年龄、体重指数、腰臀比、教育水平以及将糖尿病视为严重问题的认知与感知患病风险增加无关。
大多数糖尿病患者的后代缺乏对家庭成员患病风险增加的认识。我们建议医生和糖尿病教育工作者应提供有关后代患糖尿病风险增加的知识，以及生活方式改变对延缓或预防疾病发生的益处。
