title: [The prevalence of late complications of type II diabetes mellitus].
abstract: Prevalence of late complications determined in a representative group of 137 patients with type II diabetes mellitus and a control group of 128 persons without diabetes from the same population. Retinopathy was not rare in type II diabetes mellitus (prevalence 35%), but only 50% of diabetic patients had proper ophthalmological care. Microalbuminuria was found in 42% of the patients with diabetes mellitus, although serious renal dysfunction was seldom found. The ratio of serious diabetic foot problems was 5%. Neuropathy and macrovascular problems occurred more frequently in the diabetic group, but above 70 years of age there was a remarkable reduction in difference between diabetics and non-diabetics with regard to these complications. In microalbuminuria the same tendency was observed. The cause of this reduction in difference at an older age is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis De Weezenlanden, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Zwolle.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Ballegooie
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Casparie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence
vernacular_title: De prevalentie van late complicaties bij diabetes mellitus type II.