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SUBMITTER: Ghassibe-Sabbagh M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6406007 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghassibe-Sabbagh Michella M Mehanna Zeina Z Farraj Layal Abi LA Salloum Angelique K AK Zalloua Pierre A PA
Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology 20190220
<h4>Aims</h4>The Middle East has the fastest rising rate of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) worldwide, with Lebanon having 15.8% of its population affected. This study aims at studying Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), and macrosomia as risk factors of T2DM in Lebanon. Such epidemiological and statistical study has never been conducted before in the Middle East region and would be useful for clinical diagnosis.<h4>Methods</h4>Our cohort is comprised of 1453 ...[more]