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    [Significance of anthropometric parameters in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes- a case study of selected hospitals in western Uganda”]
    (Kampala International University, 2023) Omoola Olasheu Oluwatosin
    The purpose of this study was to determine variation in the anthropometric parameters using the mean value of the body circumferences, skinfolds, epicondylar breadth of the femur and epicondylar breadth of the humerus amongst T2DM patients at two selected tertiary hospitals and non-diabetic persons in western Uganda and looking at possible implicated sociodemographic that was implicated in the onset of T2DM The study was composed of 202 adults. 101 Type 2 diabetic adult (T2DM) and 101 non diabetic adult. Body (chest, neck, waist, hip, upper arm, thigh and calf) circumferences, skinfolds (abdominal, supraspinal, midaxillary, pectoralis, subscapularis, mid-thigh, medial calf and triceps) and bony epicondylar breadth was measured following the standard procedure for The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK), analytical tools (chi square, frequency, standard deviation, mean and bivariate correlations) was used to analyzed the data at <0.001 significance. This finding shows that Obese, Endomorph, Female, Farmers, Primary school certificate holders, Rural dwellers, Muyankole account for the most diabetic as against Male, Civil servants, Married, Tertiary school certificates holders, Urban dwellers and Others tribe who are non-diabetic respectively. Significantly higher (<0.001) mean body circumference, skinfold and epicondylar breadth was observed amongst the T2DM participant as compared to the non-T2DM subjects. This finding indicate that anthropometric parameter is a risk factor in T2DM onset and early prediction and sociodemographic can be implicated in this process. Keywords. ISAK, T2DM, skinfolds, body Circumference, Epicondylar breadth.