title: Profile of patients with diabetes in Eritrea: results of first phase registry analyses.
abstract: A cross-sectional descriptive study was done on patients recently entered into the National Diabetes Registry in Eritrea where the prevalence was estimated to be 2.2% based on patient information in 2004. Of the 627 patients with diabetes, two thirds were type 2. Although type 1 had poorer control (42.9%) than type 2 (29.9%), some of the risk factors such as cholesterol (43.4 vs. 28.2%), triglyceride (23.4 vs. 12.8%), hypertension (55.2 vs. 12.7%) as well as BMI and waist/hip ratio were higher in type 2 than type 1. More than one-third (41.2%) of patients with type 2 compared to type 1 (19.5%) had complications, the commonest being retinopathy (33%) followed by foot ulcers (14%) and neuropathy (4%). Many of the diabetic patients demonstrated the presence of the metabolic syndrome components such as hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia. The authors conclude that diabetes registry is invaluable in providing evidence-based prevention and control of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Berhane
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seyum
authors.forename: Goitom
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mebrahtu
authors.forename: Abdulmumini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usman
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mufunda
authors.forename: Beyene
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tewolde
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haile
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kosia
authors.forename: Ermias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Negassi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D019017:Eritrea / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D008055:Lipids