Risk of diabetes mellitus in offspring of diabetic parents

ABSTRACT

Diabetes Mellitus is believed to be genetically transmitted in families and, hence, termed as a hereditary disease. The sufferings of the disease with succeeding periods of time is a grave experience. The present study was, therefore, aimed at determining potential for the disease in families [offspring] with single/both parents diabetic [confirmed in the laboratory] so as to make them cautious of the disease inflictions before hand. The results reveal that greater the potential for diabetes from the parents, more of their offspring were found to have been affected. That is more offspring in both parents diabetic families appeared to be diabetic or inclined to become diabetic [abnormal] in future, than those in single parent diabeticjnan-diabetic parents families. Furthermore, normal offspring is diabetic parents[s] families also showed a positive trend to become abltnormal / diabetic sometimes in future. The results are alarming and, therefore, offspring with family history of diabetes must be cautioned at an earlier age so that they may adopt prophylactic measures against the disease