Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study
Abstract Background Studies of the world health organization indicated that Diabetes is on the rise. The occurrence of diabetes is steadily increasing everywhere, most markedly in the world’s middle and low-income countries. The aim of this study is to explore the consequence of war on the sugar lev...
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| description | Abstract Background Studies of the world health organization indicated that Diabetes is on the rise. The occurrence of diabetes is steadily increasing everywhere, most markedly in the world’s middle and low-income countries. The aim of this study is to explore the consequence of war on the sugar level of diabetic mellitus patients. Methods A retrospective longitudinal study with a sample of 67 diabetic mellitus patients was used. As a result, longitudinal different models, which are generalized linear mixed effects and nonlinear mixed effect models were fitted on the continuous response variable, the Sugar Level of the diabetic patients. Results The results depicted that Blood Sugar Level of the patients increases over time. Moreover, as age, weight, medication, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL), creatinine and linear time effect increase, Blood Sugar Level increases significantly, whereas triglyceride and low density lipoprotein increase, Blood Sugar Level of the adult Diabetes mellitus patients decreases. Conclusion The war has significant effect on the poor control of blood glucose level of the adult diabetic patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia. Due to the war, siege or blockages, in return there were rare of medicine, the patients were not taking their medicines on time, and they did not get enough insulin as well. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ba2de7605364201a562e4a09c27ac722025-01-19T12:26:35ZengBMCBMC Endocrine Disorders1472-68232025-01-0125111010.1186/s12902-025-01830-6Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal studyMehari Gebre Teklezgi0Mengstu Berhe Tekle1Gebru Gebremeskel Gebrerufael2Tesfu Solomon Yeebyo3Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat UniversityDepartment of Medicine, Mekelle UniversityDepartment of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Adigrat UniversityAyder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle UniversityAbstract Background Studies of the world health organization indicated that Diabetes is on the rise. The occurrence of diabetes is steadily increasing everywhere, most markedly in the world’s middle and low-income countries. The aim of this study is to explore the consequence of war on the sugar level of diabetic mellitus patients. Methods A retrospective longitudinal study with a sample of 67 diabetic mellitus patients was used. As a result, longitudinal different models, which are generalized linear mixed effects and nonlinear mixed effect models were fitted on the continuous response variable, the Sugar Level of the diabetic patients. Results The results depicted that Blood Sugar Level of the patients increases over time. Moreover, as age, weight, medication, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL), creatinine and linear time effect increase, Blood Sugar Level increases significantly, whereas triglyceride and low density lipoprotein increase, Blood Sugar Level of the adult Diabetes mellitus patients decreases. Conclusion The war has significant effect on the poor control of blood glucose level of the adult diabetic patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia. Due to the war, siege or blockages, in return there were rare of medicine, the patients were not taking their medicines on time, and they did not get enough insulin as well.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-025-01830-6Diabetic MellitusSugar levelWar consequenceGeneralized Linear Mixed ModelNonlinear Mixed Model |
| spellingShingle | Mehari Gebre Teklezgi Mengstu Berhe Tekle Gebru Gebremeskel Gebrerufael Tesfu Solomon Yeebyo Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study BMC Endocrine Disorders Diabetic Mellitus Sugar level War consequence Generalized Linear Mixed Model Nonlinear Mixed Model |
| title | Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study |
| title_full | Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study |
| title_fullStr | Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study |
| title_short | Consequence of War on Diabetic Mellitus patients in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a longitudinal study |
| title_sort | consequence of war on diabetic mellitus patients in tigray region ethiopia a longitudinal study |
| topic | Diabetic Mellitus Sugar level War consequence Generalized Linear Mixed Model Nonlinear Mixed Model |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-025-01830-6 |
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