Prevalence of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Football Players
A Novel Multi Football Clubs Cross Sectional Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15500596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sultan Ayoub Meo (0000-0001-9820-1852, King Saud University, corresponding author), Abdulelah Adnan Abukhalaf (0000-0001-8194-0560, King Saud University), Ali Abdullah Alomar (King Saud University), Omar Mohammed Alessa (King Saud University), Omar Yassin Sumaya (King Saud University), Anusha Sultan Meo (0000-0001-5213-3233, King Saud University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1763-1763 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18041763 |
| PMID | 33670289 |
| OpenAlex | W3126528597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
Sports offer great benefits, improving health and reducing the risk of illnesses. This study's aim was to investigate the prevalence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus in football players compared to population based non-elite athlete control subjects. Initially 1100 male volunteers, (550) football players, and (550) population based non-elite athlete control subjects were interviewed. After socio-demographic and medical history analysis, 756 (378) nonsmoker male football players and (378) nonsmoker male control subjects were recruited. The control subjects were not involved in regular sports activities such as football, volleyball, badminton, cricket, hockey, and swimming. Participants with a known history of anemia, blood diseases, diabetes mellitus, and malignancy were excluded from the study. The mean age of football players was 31.80 ± 5.46 years, Body Mass Index (BMI) was 26.40 ± 2.08 (kg/m 2 ), and the mean age of control subjects was 32.32 ± 4.37 years, and BMI was 26.66 ± 1.87 (kg/m 2 ). The selected football players have been playing football for about 2 h a day, 3 days per week, and so the total mean duration of playing football was 1.08 years. American Diabetes Association (ADA) based criteria on Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) was used to investigate prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In football players the prevalence of prediabetes was 30 (7.93%) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was 6 (1.59%) compared to population based matched non-elite athlete control subjects where the prediabetes was 71 (18.78%) and T2DM was 89 (23.54%) ( p = 0.001). Among football players there was a 7-fold decrease in T2DM compared to control subjects. Football recreational activities markedly reduce the prevalence of prediabetes and T2DM. The study findings demonstrate the benefits of football and other such sport activities and emphasize the urgent need for promoting football based physical activities as a physiological preventive strategy against the globally growing diabetes epidemic
Body mass index · Diabetes mellitus · Environmental health · Football · Glycated hemoglobin · Physical therapy · Population · Prediabetes · Type 2 diabetes · Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology · Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise · Demography · Medicine · Muscle metabolism and nutrition · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |