title: [Diabetes mellitus at the National Hospital Center of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)].
abstract: The study, conducted over 4 years among 400 diabetic patients, reports the epidemiological and clinical aspects of diabetes mellitus at the National Hospital of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Epidemiologically, diabetes mellitus affects men by 64% and women by 36%. 76% are over 40 y. o., whereas only 2.2% are under 20. Clinically, the classification of diabetic patients shows that 10.7% are insulin-dependent and 76.5% non insulin-dependent. No usual tropical diabetes has been found. The calcifications observed in 2.5% of cases were combined with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. The classic triad (polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsia) led to diagnostic by 41% of the patients, whereas 27.5% have been identified when having complications, and 23% by a systematic check-up. Cardio-vascular risk factors combined with diabetes have been found: obesity (28%), high blood pressure (20%), hyperuricaemia (14%), addiction to smoking (20%). The epidemiological characteristics, as well as the various clinical aspects, mostly complies with the observations of the african authors.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Drabo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kabore
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lengani
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ilboudo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity; D012907:Smoking; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid