Adverse Childhood Experience as a Risk Factor for Developing Type 2 Diabetes among the Jazan Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Omar OraibiAli T GhalibiMohammed O ShamiMeshal J KhawajiKhalid A MadkhaliAbdulrahman M YaseenSultan M HakamiNirmin H AlhazmiKhulud H MahlaMarwah A QumayriKhalid A MajrashiAbdulrahman HummadiMohammed A MadkhaliAbdulaziz H AlhazmiPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
This study indicated that ACEs are significantly associated with the development of T2DM, and the risk increases with the frequency of ACEs, which aligns with other studies. Further national studies are required to understand how ACEs could contribute to T2DM, and preventive interventions in childhood must be considered to reduce the burden of T2DM.