Exploration of type 2 diabetes risk among health sciences center students

The aims of this study were to 1) explore type 2 diabetes risk prediction among students at kuwait university health sciences center (kuhsc),2) assess the body mass index (bmi) and,3) find correlation between the risk of type 2 diabetes and bmi among students at kuhsc. a stratified random cross-sectional study of a population size of 1,799 registered students at kuhsc was conducted. five hundred and thirty-two questionnaires were distributed based on statistical power calculations. a modified finnish diabetes risk score (findrisc) questionnaire was adopted to investigate the risk of type 2 diabetes among students. the bmi was calculated explored the correlation with the type 2 diabetes risk scores. anova,x2 test and pearson correlation coefficient test were used. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. the response rate was 498 (93.6%). more than half of the sampled population,273 (54.82%) of the students were in the very high-risk group of developing diabetes. one hundred and eighty- one (36.35%) were in the high-risk category and 44 (8.83%) were in the low -moderate risk group. the bmi analysis showed 235 (47.30%) participants were within normal range (18.50 - 24.99),while 184 (37.0%) were in the bmi pre-obese range (25 - 29.99),and 67 (13.5%) students were in the obese range,with a bmi ≥ 30. the diabetes risk prediction was high compared to same age groups in different regions. the correlation of type 2 diabetes risk prediction and bmi was statistically significant. the results of this study indicated that students at a relatively younger age have all the early indicators for type 2 diabetes risks in the future.