Combined associations of family history and self-management with age at diagnosis and cardiometabolic risk in 86,931 patients with type 2 diabetes: Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) Register from 11 countries

• Main Authors: Cheung, Johnny T K, Lau, Eric, Tsui, Cyrus C T, Siu, Edmond L N, Tse, Naomi K W, Hui, Nicole Y L, Mo, Ronald C W, Kong, Alice P S, Fu, Amy, Lau, Vanessa, Jia, Weiping, Sheu, Wayne H H, Sobrepena, Leorino, Yoon, K H, Tan, Alexander T B, Chia, Yook Chin *, Sosale, Aravind, Saboo, Banshi D, Kesavadev, Jothydev, Goh, Su Yen, Nguyen, Thy Khue, Thewjitcharoen, Yotsapon, Suwita, Raymond, Luk, Andrea O Y, Yang, Aimin, Chow, Elaine, Lim, Lee Ling, Chan, Juliana C N
• Format: Article
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3061/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02424-y

Background: Family history (FamH) of type 2 diabetes might indicate shared genotypes, environments, and/or behaviors. We hypothesize that FamH interacts with unhealthy behaviors to increase the risk of early onset of diabetes and poor cardiometabolic control. Methods: In a cross-sectional analysi...