Publications by authors named "Abdulnabi Alattar"
Background: Individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are traditionally perceived as lean, but recent evidence suggests an increasing trend of obesity. To provide global estimates, this study explored the prevalence of obesity among adults with and without T1D across three distinct global regions.
Methods: An observational, cross-sectional study was performed utilizing data from T1D registries and national health surveys to assess the prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m) and the prevalence of overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m) across Belgium, Kuwait, and Mexico.
Diabetes is known to compromise patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). It is important to understand the HRQoL of Kuwaiti nationals living with diabetes and identify factors that negatively affect it. This study included 1,182 Kuwaiti nationals with diabetes, aged 18-80 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diabetes imposes a large burden on countries' healthcare expenditures. In Kuwait, diabetes prevalence in adults is estimated at 22.0%%-double the worldwide prevalence (9.
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- The study aimed to create a clinical risk score to help predict the likelihood of death for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, using data from 417 patients in Kuwait.
- Researchers identified key risk factors, such as glucose levels and comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension, and developed a scoring system that effectively predicted mortality with high sensitivity and specificity.
- The risk score demonstrated good internal reliability and was validated with additional patient cohorts, highlighting its potential usefulness in clinical settings for risk stratification in COVID-19 management.
Introduction: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of insulin glargine 300 U/mL (Gla-300) in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Gulf region who fast during Ramadan.
Methods: ORION was a real-world, prospective, observational study in people with T2DM treated with Gla-300 during pre-Ramadan, Ramadan, and post-Ramadan periods. This subgroup analysis included 222 participants from the Gulf region (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar).
Background: Data from previous studies on the role of inflammatory cytokines as biomarkers for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) are contradictory. The association of a particular inflammatory cytokine single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with susceptibility to DKD has not been consistently replicated. We aimed to investigate the utility of inflammatory cytokines as biomarkers for DKD in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diabetes is a threat to peoples' lives around the world, particularly in the Middle East. Medicine misuse and poor glycaemic control are prevalent among patients with type 2 diabetes, especially insulin-dependent patients (Alsairafi et al., 2016).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe increased prevalence of diabetes in Middle Eastern countries is a health policy priority. Important risk factors for diabetes have been identified. Lifestyle interventions and adherence to medications are central to disease prevention and management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We investigated the association between apolipoprotein E polymorphism and ischemic heart disease with or without type 2 diabetes in Kuwait and examined the impact of apolipoprotein E polymorphism in diabetic patients.
Methods: The present study was conducted from January 2005 to June 2006 in the Diabetic Clinic of Al-Amiri and Al-Sabah Hospitals in Kuwait City. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism was assessed in 250 subjects of which 83 were ischemic heart disease patients (41 diabetic and 42 non-diabetic) and 105 were diabetic patients without ischemic heart disease.
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of impaired glucose regulation in a young, asymptomatic Kuwaiti population.
Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional study of 484 Kuwaitis (females: 311, and males: 173, aged 17-24 years), students at a public college for basic education, was conducted. Each participant underwent a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test, and biochemical testing for hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)), total cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Objective: To evaluate the use of noninvasive procedures for the detection of myocardial ischemia and its relation with other coexistent clinical factors in patients with asymptomatic type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Subjects And Methods: A total of 42 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, aged 41-72 years with no clinical history suggestive of coronary heart disease, were evaluated for silent myocardial ischemia by stress cardiac exercise tolerance test (ETT), 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG), transthoracic echocardiography and stress myocardial perfusion scan using technetium-99m tetrofosmin.
Results: Eleven patients (26.