title: Casual blood glucose levels and prevalence of undiscovered diabetes mellitus in Lagos Metropolis Nigerians.
abstract: A diabetic screening exercise involving 1627 subjects (1050 males and 577 females) was carried out in the Lagos Metropolis of Nigeria. Casual capillary blood glucose and/or urine glucose were tested for by means of dipsticks. The prevalence rates of undetected diabetes in the males and females were respectively 1.5% and 1.9%. Mean (+/- SD) casual blood glucose levels were higher in the females (82.8 (+/- 19.1) mg/100 ml) than in the males (75.9 (+/- 16.2) mg/100 ml). The prevalence of renal glycosuria was 1.3% in the males and 0.2% in the females. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the Lagos Metropolis appears high but similar to that in many other countries. The ambient blood glucose in the non-hospitalized subjects also seems to be not significantly different from values reported in other places.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ohwovoriole
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kuti
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kabiawu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose