Department of Clinical Pharmacy, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh 12746, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmacy, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 27;20(3):2269. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032269.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease with ever-increasing prevalence worldwide. In our study, we evaluated the prevalence of the risk of developing T2DM in Saudi Arabia and investigated associations between that risk and various sociodemographic characteristics. To those ends, a web-based cross-sectional survey of Saudi nationals without diabetes, all enrolled using snowball sampling, was conducted from January 2021 to January 2022. The risk of developing T2DM was evaluated using a validated risk assessment questionnaire (ARABRISK), and associations of high ARABRISK scores and sociodemographic variables were explored in multivariable logistic regression modeling. Of the 4559 participants, 88.1% were 18 to 39 years old, and 67.2% held a college or university degree. High ARABRISK scores were observed in 7.5% of the sample. Residing in a midsize city versus a large city was associated with a lower ARABRISK risk score ( = 0.007), as were having private instead of governmental insurance ( = 0.005), and being unemployed versus employed ( < 0.001). By contrast, being married ( < 0.001), divorced or widowed ( < 0.001), and/or retired ( < 0.001) were each associated with a higher ARABRISK score. A large representative study is needed to calculate the risk of T2DM among Saudi nationals.
2 型糖尿病（T2DM）是一种在全球范围内患病率不断增加的慢性疾病。在我们的研究中，我们评估了沙特阿拉伯发生 2 型糖尿病风险的流行情况，并调查了这种风险与各种社会人口统计学特征之间的关联。为此，我们于 2021 年 1 月至 2022 年 1 月期间，采用基于网络的、针对无糖尿病的沙特国民的横断面调查，使用雪球抽样法招募了所有参与者。我们使用经过验证的风险评估问卷（ARABRISK）评估了发生 2 型糖尿病的风险，并在多变量逻辑回归模型中探讨了高 ARABRISK 评分与社会人口统计学变量之间的关联。在 4559 名参与者中，88.1%的年龄在 18 至 39 岁之间，67.2%的参与者拥有大学或大学学位。在样本中，7.5%的人具有高 ARABRISK 评分。与居住在大城市相比，居住在中等城市与较低的 ARABRISK 风险评分相关（ = 0.007），私人保险而非政府保险（ = 0.005），以及失业而非就业（ < 0.001）也与较低的 ARABRISK 风险评分相关。相比之下，已婚（ < 0.001）、离婚或丧偶（ < 0.001）和/或退休（ < 0.001）与较高的 ARABRISK 评分相关。需要进行一项大型的代表性研究来计算沙特国民发生 2 型糖尿病的风险。
