Diabetes epidemic sweeping the Arab world

Table 2 Prevalence of type-2 diabetes mellitus in Arab podiatric and children

Ref.	Country	Year	Sample size	Main findings	Diagnostic technique	Notes
Punnose et al[76]	UAE	2005	96	11 children diagnosed with T2DM	FPG	(8-18 years old)
				9/11 children were Arab origin		Case series
				8/11 children were overweight or obese
				10/11 children were female
Moussa et al[6]	Kuwait	2008	128918	T2DM found in 45 children	NA	(6-18 years old)
				Prevalence of T2DM in male children: 47.3/10000		Medical record review
				Prevalence of T2DM in female children: 26.3/10000 (P = 0.05)
Al-Agha et al[77]	Saudi Arabia	2012	387	Prevalence of T2DM: 9.04%	NA	(2-18 years old)
						Retrospective cross-sectional study
Al-Rubeaan et al[7]	Saudi Arabia	2015	23523	Age adjusted Prevalence of T2DM: 1/1000	FPG	≤ 18 yr
Ali et al[78]	Egypt	2013	210	28 out of 210 children with diabetes diagnosed with T2DM	Fasting serum C-peptide levels	(1-18 years old)
				64.3% of T2DM children were female (P = 0.04)
Osman et al[79]	Sudan	2013	958	38/985 children identified with T2DM	NA	(11-18 years old)
				32/38 of cases were from tribes of Arab origin		Retrospective cross sectional
Ehtisham et al[80]	United Kingdom	2000	8	First 8 cases reported with T2DM in United Kingdom	NA	(9-16 years old)
				All cases were overweight and originated from India, Pakistan and Arab countries		Retrospective cross sectional

UAE: United Arab Emirates; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose; NA: Data not available; T2DM: Type-2 diabetes mellitus.