Table 2.

Results of studies on diabetes as a risk factor among Israeli Arabs and Bedouins

Ref.	Date	Subjects	Study results
Jabara et al[32]	2007	546 women (102 Arabs) after cardiac catheterization	Arab women had a higher prevalence rate for diabetes (61% vs 46% in Jews)
Salameh et al[33]	2008	40 Arab and 179 Jewish women hospitalized with coronary artery disease	More Arab patients had diabetes (73% vs 40%)
Telman et al[31]	2010	727 Arab and Jewish patients of working age (< 65 yr) with stroke	There was a higher prevalence of diabetes in the Arab patients
Telman et al[29]	2010	546 patients with a first episode of primary intracerebral hemorrhage	Diabetes was more frequent among the Arab patients.
Aravind et al[26]	2011	1378 Muslim patients from five countries who were treated with sulfonylurea during Ramadan	The highest percentage of hypoglycemia (40%) was reported in patients from Israel
Greenberg et al[28]	2011	2000 patients with a first stroke (237 Arabs)	A high percentage of Arabs had diabetes (51.4% vs 35.8% in Jews)
Gross et al[30]	2011	1540 patients with acute ischemic stroke, 169 Arabs	Arab patients were more likely to have diabetes (OR 1.41)
Chorny et al[46]	2011	523 diabetic patients (Jews and Bedouins) who were examined by an ophthalmologist	The prevalence of maculopathy and retinopathy was higher among the Bedouins (22% vs 13.4%)
Nseir et al[27]	2013	3784 patients from hospitals with predominantly Arab patients	39% of the hospitalized patients were diabetics. The diabetics had more hospitalizations due to atherosclerotic disease
Rabaev et al[45]	2014	220 patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (19% Bedouins)	There was no difference in outcomes (in-hospital mortality, 30-d mortality) between Jews and Bedouins