Meo Sultan Ayoub, Abukhalaf Abdulelah Adnan, Alomar Ali Abdullah, Sami Waqas, Meo Anusha Sultan
Sultan Ayoub Meo, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulelah Adnan Abukhalaf, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Jul-Aug;37(4):959-965. doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.4.4128.
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Sports activities are highly beneficial for improving the human health and reducing the risk of diseases. This cross sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus in cricket players compared to population based non-elite athlete control subjects.
The present matched cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the period October 2019 to February 2020. Initially, 700 volunteer males, (300) cricket players and (400) population based non-elite athlete control subjects were interviewed. After socio-demographic and medical history, (200) nonsmoker cricket players and (300) nonsmoker control subjects were recruited. The age of cricket players was 34 (32-37) years, weight 81 (76-84) kg, height 1.79 (1.74-1.84) meters, and body mass index (BMI) was 25.09 (23.66-26.76) kg/m. The cricket players have been playing cricket for 4 (3-4) hours per day; 3.50 (3-4) days per week; for the total period of 24 (12-36) months. American Diabetes Association (ADA) based criteria on Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) was used to investigate the prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus.
In cricket players, the prevalence of prediabetes was 23 (11.5%) and Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was 7 (3.5%) compared to population based matched non-elite athlete control subjects the prediabetes was 73 (24.34%) and T2DM was 63 (21.1%) (p=0.001). Among cricket players, there was a 6-folds decrease in T2DM compared to control subjects.
The cricket sports activities decrease the prevalence of prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among the cricket players compared to population based matched non-elite athlete control subjects. The study findings demonstrate the urgent need for promoting sports activities, more cricket grounds as a physiological preventive strategy against the global growing diabetes epidemic.
体育活动对改善人类健康和降低疾病风险极为有益。这项横断面研究旨在调查与基于人群的非精英运动员对照相比，板球运动员中糖尿病前期和2型糖尿病的患病率。
本匹配横断面研究于2019年10月至2020年2月在沙特阿拉伯利雅得国王沙特大学医学院生理学系进行。最初，对700名男性志愿者进行了访谈，其中包括300名板球运动员和400名基于人群的非精英运动员对照。在询问社会人口统计学和病史后，招募了200名不吸烟的板球运动员和300名不吸烟的对照。板球运动员的年龄为34（32 - 37）岁，体重81（76 - 84）千克，身高1.79（1.74 - 1.84）米，体重指数（BMI）为25.09（23.66 - 26.76）千克/平方米。板球运动员每天打板球4（3 - 4）小时，每周3.50（3 - 4）天，总时长为24（12 - 36）个月。采用基于美国糖尿病协会（ADA）糖化血红蛋白（HbA1c）的标准来调查糖尿病前期和2型糖尿病。
与基于人群的匹配非精英运动员对照相比，板球运动员中糖尿病前期患病率为23（11.5%），2型糖尿病（T2DM）患病率为7（3.5%），对照中糖尿病前期患病率为 73（24.34%），T2DM患病率为63（21.1%）（p = 0.001）。在板球运动员中，T2DM患病率相较于对照降低了6倍。
与基于人群的匹配非精英运动员对照相比，板球运动可降低板球运动员中糖尿病前期和2型糖尿病（T2DM）的患病率。研究结果表明，迫切需要推广体育活动，增加板球场，作为应对全球糖尿病流行趋势的生理预防策略。
