^^^^^^GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ Ivan Suzman 47/10 [log in to unmask] Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 40 deg. F *********************************************************** Dear friends, The following parts, 5 and 6, cover the topics of diabetic brothers and sisters (siblings), and diabetic mothers and fathers of PWP's. ******************************* 5. FEMALE PWP's have far more siblings with diabetes than do male PWP's. NUMBER OF PWP's WITH DIABETIC SIBLINGS TOTAL PWP'S Brothers Sisters Brothers and Sisters Male PWP's 2 1 0 3 (males) Female PWP's 6 2 2 10 (females) There are three comments that I would like to mention, from this table of results: 1. There are many more FEMALE PWP's with diabetic siblings, 10, as opposed to only 3 male PWP's with diabetic siblings. 2. By percentage, 10 out of 25 FEMALE PWP's who have a diabetic relative, or 40%. have one or more diabetic siblings. However, for our male PWP's, there are merely 3 out of 37 (08%) who report having diabetic siblings. 3. I wonder how this trend would look if the sample size were far larger. Would female PWP's continue to show far more diabetic brothers and/ or sisters than male PWP's?? Why is this happening? PART 6 6. Diabetic parents are much more frequently the MOTHERS of PWP's. Mother is diabetic Father is diabetic Male PWP's (14 cases) 10 4 Female PWP's (13 cases) 9 4 There are 19 mothers, but only 8 fathers, who are diabetic relatives of PWP's. 13 out of 25, or 52%, of the female PWP's who have diabetic relatives, have a diabetic parent. 14 out of 37, or 38% of the male PWP's, have a diabetic relative. *******************************************