title: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the adult population of Guadeloupe as estimated by history or fasting hyperglycemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U263, Université Paris VII, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Costagliola
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delaunay
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Moutet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kankambega
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Demeulemeester
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Donnet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Papoz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eschwege
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose