Gender-specific siblings and women with maternal history of diabetes are at high risk of developing type2 diabetes-a family study from South India

ConclusionGender-specific siblings and women with maternal history of diabetes are at high risk of developing type 2 DM. Men had higher percentage of brothers affected whereas women had higher percentage of sisters affected by diabetes. The mean age at onset of diabetes in subjects was a decade earlier than mean age at onset of diabetes in their parents.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13410-020-00796-6

Source: International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries - January 29, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research