Elhadd Tarik A, Al-Amoudi Abdallah A, Alzahrani Ali S
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah.
Ann Saudi Med. 2007 Jul-Aug;27(4):241-50. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.241.
Diabetes mellitus is emerging as a major public health problem in Saudi Arabia in parallel with the worldwide diabetes pandemic, which is having a particular impact upon the Middle East and the third world. This pandemic has accompanied the adoption of a modern lifestyle and the abandonment of a traditional lifestyle, with a resultant increase in rates of obesity and other chronic non-communicable diseases. The indigenous Saudi population seems to have a special genetic predisposition to develop type 2 diabetes, which is further amplified by a rise in obesity rates, a high rate of consanguinity and the presence of other variables of the insulin resistance syndrome. We highlight the epidemiology, clinical and complications profiles of diabetes in Saudi people. Diabetes is well studied in Saudi Arabia; however, there seems to be little research in the area of education and health care delivery. This is of paramount importance to offset the perceived impact on health care delivery services, to lessen chronic diabetes complications, and to reduce the expected morbidity and mortality from diabetes.
与全球糖尿病大流行同时，糖尿病在沙特阿拉伯正成为一个主要的公共卫生问题，这一流行对中东和第三世界产生了特别的影响。这种大流行伴随着现代生活方式的采用和传统生活方式的摒弃，导致肥胖率和其他慢性非传染性疾病的发病率上升。沙特本土人口似乎具有患2型糖尿病的特殊遗传易感性，肥胖率上升、近亲结婚率高以及胰岛素抵抗综合征的其他变量进一步加剧了这种易感性。我们着重介绍沙特人群糖尿病的流行病学、临床和并发症情况。糖尿病在沙特阿拉伯已得到充分研究；然而，在教育和医疗服务领域似乎鲜有研究。这对于抵消对医疗服务的预期影响、减轻糖尿病慢性并发症以及降低糖尿病预期的发病率和死亡率至关重要。
