Hereditary History with Age, Duration of DM, and Blood Glucose Levels in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by elevated glucose levels. Genetic factors manifested by the presence of a hereditary history are one of the factors related to the incidence of DM. The purpose of this study was to explain and describe the presence of family history factors in patients with diabe-tes. The design of this study is descriptive correlational with a cross-sectional ap-proach, which was carried out at Puskesmas in the Surabaya City area from June to August 2023, with a total of 122 patients with DM selected through conven-ience sampling techniques. Data collection uses questionnaires and is analyzed using descriptive analysts and Pearson correlation tests. The results showed that most patients with DM were less than 6 years old (65.57%) and had a blood glu-cose level value of more than 200 mg/dL. Data on family history with DM showed that 45.90% had a family history of disease with DM of which 24.59% were from the maternal lineage. The results of the correlation test showed that the hereditary history was related to the age of the patient with DM (p = 0.003) and the length of DM (p = 0.049), but not related to blood glucose levels (p = 0.227). This study showed that almost half of the patients had a history of heredity. There are more hereditary histories from the mother than from the father or both. Pa-tients with DM who have a hereditary history have DM earlier than those who have no hereditary history. Based on these data, people who have a family history of DM need to be vigilant and improve a healthy lifestyle to delay the develop-ment of DM disease or prevent it.