title: Rising prevalence of diabetes among Greek adults: findings from two consecutive surveys in the same target population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine trends in the prevalence of self-reported diabetes between 2002 and 2006 among urban adults in Greece.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were derived from two consecutive population-based surveys conducted in Salamis, during two election days (13 October 2002 and 15 October 2006). In both surveys was used the same selection procedure and data were collected using the same questionnaire, completed by almost the same team of interviewers. There were randomly selected 2805 adults (> or =20 years) in 2002 and 3478 in 2006, with similar age and sex distribution to the target population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall crude prevalence of diabetes increased significantly, from 245 (8.7%) in 2002 to 358 (10.3%) in 2006 (P=0.037). The age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes among adults was 8.2% (men, 8.5%; women, 7.8%) in 2002 and 9.5% (men, 9.7%; women, 9.3%) in 2006. These changes correspond to a total increasing rate of 16% (4% per year). At the same time, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity increased from 17.9 to 21.1%, giving an increase of 18% (P<0.05); however, the prevalence of overweight did not increase (43.8-42.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings show that the prevalence of diabetes is rising rapidly in the Greek population and appears to be increasing in parallel with prevalence of obesity.
authors.affiliation: Health Centre of Salamis, Salamis, Greece. argikas@internet.gr
authors.forename: Aristofanis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gikas
authors.forename: Alexios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sotiropoulos
authors.forename: Demosthenes
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panagiotakos
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pastromas
authors.forename: Eystathia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paraskevopoulou
authors.forename: Eystathios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skliros
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pappas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data