Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study
Abstract We read the article "Fetal Femur Length and Risk of Diabetes in Adolescence: A Prospective Cohort Study" by Sayeed et al. with great interest. The authors present compelling evidence linking mid-trimester impaired femur growth with elevated prediabetic biomarkers in Bangladeshi ad...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMC
2024-10-01
|
| Series: | Tropical Medicine and Health |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00627-y |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1846112105650978816 |
|---|---|
| author | Zainab Fatima Arifa Inayatullah Kakar Usama Idrees Malik Olatunde Oduoye Uzodinma Nwadinigwe |
| author_facet | Zainab Fatima Arifa Inayatullah Kakar Usama Idrees Malik Olatunde Oduoye Uzodinma Nwadinigwe |
| author_sort | Zainab Fatima |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Abstract We read the article "Fetal Femur Length and Risk of Diabetes in Adolescence: A Prospective Cohort Study" by Sayeed et al. with great interest. The authors present compelling evidence linking mid-trimester impaired femur growth with elevated prediabetic biomarkers in Bangladeshi adolescents. However, we believe the study would benefit from considering additional factors. Maternal gestational diabetes, a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in offspring, and family history of diabetes, which reflects genetic predisposition, should be included. Socioeconomic factors, which influence health outcomes, also warrant attention. Including these variables would provide a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between fetal femur length and T2DM risk in adolescents. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-45a70cd5d26c44119913e8a7dab73f93 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1349-4147 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2024-10-01 |
| publisher | BMC |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Tropical Medicine and Health |
| spelling | doaj-art-45a70cd5d26c44119913e8a7dab73f932024-12-22T12:48:40ZengBMCTropical Medicine and Health1349-41472024-10-015211210.1186/s41182-024-00627-yComment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort studyZainab Fatima0Arifa Inayatullah Kakar1Usama Idrees2Malik Olatunde Oduoye3Uzodinma Nwadinigwe4Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental CollegeDow University of Health Sciences (DUHS)Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical CollegeDepartment of Research, The Medical Research Circle (MedReC)University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalAbstract We read the article "Fetal Femur Length and Risk of Diabetes in Adolescence: A Prospective Cohort Study" by Sayeed et al. with great interest. The authors present compelling evidence linking mid-trimester impaired femur growth with elevated prediabetic biomarkers in Bangladeshi adolescents. However, we believe the study would benefit from considering additional factors. Maternal gestational diabetes, a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in offspring, and family history of diabetes, which reflects genetic predisposition, should be included. Socioeconomic factors, which influence health outcomes, also warrant attention. Including these variables would provide a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between fetal femur length and T2DM risk in adolescents.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00627-yFetal femur lengthDiabetes in adolescenceGestational diabetes mellitusType 2 diabetes mellitusGenetic predisposition |
| spellingShingle | Zainab Fatima Arifa Inayatullah Kakar Usama Idrees Malik Olatunde Oduoye Uzodinma Nwadinigwe Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study Tropical Medicine and Health Fetal femur length Diabetes in adolescence Gestational diabetes mellitus Type 2 diabetes mellitus Genetic predisposition |
| title | Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study |
| title_full | Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study |
| title_short | Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study |
| title_sort | comment on fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence a prospective cohort study |
| topic | Fetal femur length Diabetes in adolescence Gestational diabetes mellitus Type 2 diabetes mellitus Genetic predisposition |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00627-y |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT zainabfatima commentonfetalfemurlengthandriskofdiabetesinadolescenceaprospectivecohortstudy AT arifainayatullahkakar commentonfetalfemurlengthandriskofdiabetesinadolescenceaprospectivecohortstudy AT usamaidrees commentonfetalfemurlengthandriskofdiabetesinadolescenceaprospectivecohortstudy AT malikolatundeoduoye commentonfetalfemurlengthandriskofdiabetesinadolescenceaprospectivecohortstudy AT uzodinmanwadinigwe commentonfetalfemurlengthandriskofdiabetesinadolescenceaprospectivecohortstudy |