title: The Dundee prevalence study of insulin-treated diabetes; intervals between diagnosis and start of insulin therapy.
abstract: A population-based survey of the prevalence of insulin-treated diabetes mellitus in the Dundee area showed a crude prevalence of 0.34%, but analysis by interval between diagnosis of diabetes and start of insulin shows that around a third of patients started insulin therapy more than 1 month after diagnosis. This suggests that the prevalence of insulin-dependent diabetes is around 0.2% of the population, with the other patients being those with non-insulin-dependent diabetes who need insulin for metabolic control, though there is an intermediate zone where classification is difficult. There is a male excess. The proportion of true insulin-dependent diabetes falls with age of onset, but around 50% of such patients have an onset over the age of 30 years.
authors.affiliation: Tayside Health Board, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Waugh
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries; D012606:Scotland; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin