TY - JOUR JF - Babol-Jbums JO - J Babol Univ Med Sci VL - 1 IS - 2 PY - 1999 Y1 - 1999/4/01 TI - A survey of predisposing factors of early non-Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus TT - بررسی عوامل مستعد کننده دیابت زودرس غیر وابسته به انسولین در منطقه قائم شهر و بابل N2 - Objective: Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes (NIDDM), is a common disease. There are many factors such as genetic agents, which known as a predisposing factors for incidence of the disease. Methods: To investigate the predisposing factors of NIDDM occurring before the age of 30, in Ghaemshahr and Babol area. 54 NIDDM patients with mean age of onset of diabetes 27±3 years were compared with 54 non-diabetic control patients with a mean age of 26±3 years, and 54 cases of NIDDM as control with a mean age of onset of diabetes 48±11 years for the presence of risk factors with attention to the patient’s sex, family history of diabetes (FH) and body mass index (BMI). Findings: 96% of young NIDDM patients were female, in comparison to the control group (83%) the difference was significant (P SP - 32 EP - 37 AU - Heidari, B AD - KW - Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus KW - NIDDM KW - Predisposing factor KW - Obesity UR - http://jbums.org/article-1-2957-en.html ER -