Frequency and association of family history of type 2 diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients

Aims: to determine the frequency and association of family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) in type 2 diabetics. methodology: it was a descriptive cross-sectional study. study population included one hundred and seventy five male subjects,between the ages of 35 to 60 years. they were divided into two groups. group a (patients); included one hundred type 2 diabetics. group b (controls); included seventy five non diabetics. type 2 diabetics were selected randomly from diabetic center of services institute of medical sciences,lahore. non diabetic subjects were selected on the basis of history and fasting glucose samples on two occasions. after informed consent history was taken. physical examination was done and questionnaire was filled. data was analyzed using spss version 17. results: out of 100 type 2 diabetic patients,72 (72%) patients were having family history of t2dm and 28 (28%) patients denied family history of t2dm. out of 75 non diabetic subjects 20 (26%) were having family history of diabetes and 55 (74%) denied family history of type 2 diabetes. there was significant association (p = 0.007) of family history of t2dm with frequency of t2dm. conclusion: family history of t2dm is an independent risk factor for the disease to occur.