The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the adult population of Guadeloupe as estimated by history or fasting hyperglycemia.
A study was conducted between January 1984 and March 1985 to determine the prevalence of diabetes in the adult population of Guadeloupe (18 years of age and over). A two-step sampling frame, using a sampling fraction of 0.46%, where the primary units were composed of districts and where sub-units were households, was used. The household refusal rate was 22%. Subjects were classified as 'diabetic' when they were either already known or when their fasting plasma glucose was above 8.0 mmol/l. The total age and sex standardized prevalence of diabetes among the adult population of Guadeloupe can be estimated at 6.6%. The high prevalence rate appears to be related to obesity (strongly in women), a genetic susceptibility (22.5% of age standardized prevalence among subjects of Asian Indian origin for both sexes), and, possibly, in men of African origin only, to a maternal history of diabetes.
Costagliola
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D
INSERM U263, Université Paris VII, France.
Delaunay
C
C
Moutet
J P
JP
Kankambega
P
P
Demeulemeester
R
R
Donnet
J P
JP
Papoz
L
L
Eschwege
E
E
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014900:West Indies / Q000453:epidemiology
D001786:Blood Glucose