Arif Malik, Muhammad Saeed Qureshi, Mahwish Arooj, Nadia Bashir, Saima Zaheer, Sara Zahid, Abdul Manan, Ijaz Ahmad, Ejaz Rasul, Mahmood Husain Qazi.
Assessment of Glucose Tolerance Test to Evaluate Diabetes in First Degree Relatives of Diabetics.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(4):976-8.

Diabetes is the most often associated disease with older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, physical inactivity etc. Genetic factors are complex and interact with environmental factors in a poorly understood fashion. Impaired glucose tolerance is also reported as a risk factor. Conclusion: GTT was increased in first degree relatives of diabetes with age group (14-25) as compared to controls but significant difference (P<0.01) was only seen in fasting and 1-½hr condition in GTT and BMI in age ranged 26-35 years showed a significant change after ½ hr of blood sugar sample . In age group 35-50 years, there is a significant change in BMI, fasting blood sugar.

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