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ArticleTropical medicine and health2024

Comment on: Fetal femur length and risk of diabetes in adolescence: a prospective cohort study.

Zainab Fatima, Arifa Inayatullah Kakar, Usama Idrees, Malik Olatunde Oduoye, Uzodinma Nwadinigwe

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Zainab FatimaShaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5155-1537
Arifa Inayatullah KakarDow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), V256+282, Mission Rd, Nanak Wara Nanakwara, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5603-3477
Usama IdreesKhawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-6642-011X
Malik Olatunde OduoyeDepartment of Research, The Medical Research Circle (MedReC), PO Box73, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. malikolatunde36@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9635-9891
Uzodinma NwadinigweUniversity of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.

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6 · The paper itself

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.

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Diabetes in adolescenceFetal femur lengthGenetic predispositionGestational diabetes mellitusType 2 diabetes mellitus

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