title: Screening to detect carbohydrate disturbances in welfare home residents in Rzeszów.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To screen for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and other disturbances of the glucose metabolism in welfare home residents in Rzeszów.
  
  
  METHODS
  478 residents of four randomly selected welfare homes in Rzeszów were initially enrolled in the study. Among them were 66 residents with previously diagnosed diabetes. Of the remaining 412 adults, 191 (39 males) aged 66.0 ± 17.7 years were enrolled in the study having completed informed consent. All subjects underwent measurements of fasting glucose levels using a glucose meter (Roche Accu-Chek Active, Mannheim, Germany). In participants whose glucose levels exceeded 99 mg/dL, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed. The results of OGTT were qualified as impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), or diabetes mellitus (DM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 191 participants, we found 26 cases of IFG (13.6%), 25 of IGT (13.1%), and ten (5.2%) cases of newly diagnosed T2DM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights that in Polish welfare homes greater medical vigilance is needed in order to optimise the health of residents.
authors: Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Nephrology, Endocrinology and the Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine,University of Rzeszow, Poland.
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Grzywa
authors: Artur
authors: A
authors: Mazur
authors: Julian
authors: J
authors: Skrzypiec
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012946:Social Welfare
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose