Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease of epidemic proportions. Most of DM patients are classified as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) that is linked with resistance to insulin action on target tissues. In 2015, 415 million people were living with DM worldwide with the highest prevalence rates recorded in the Oceania and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. In Jordan, a MENA country, the prevalence of DM has increased from 13% to 17% over a 10-year period (1994–20...