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Increased prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance in a representative rural population from Deleni, Romania

Author(s) -

Dana Ştefana Popescu,

Alin Ciobîcă,

Lidia Iuliana Arhire,

Laura Mihalache,

Otilia Niță,

Ionela Serban Lacramioara,

Romeo Dobrin,

Didona Ungureanu,

Mariana Graur

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs1304597p

Subject(s) - impaired glucose tolerance , diabetes mellitus , medicine , population , rural population , demography , environmental health , type 2 diabetes , gerontology , endocrinology , sociology

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in a cross-section of the adult rural population of the village Deleni in northeast Romania. We observed a IGT in 25.9% and diabetes in 14.55% of the general population, and only 60% of randomly selected subjects with a normal glucose tolerance. With regards to gender, we observed slightly higher values in female patients (28.3% with IGT, 17.3% with diabetes), as compared to 10.47% with diabetes and 20.95% with IGT in males. Our report reveals a high prevalence of diabetes and IGT among the rural population of Deleni, Romania. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an increased awareness of diabetes and for an energetic intervention against diabetes and similar lifestyle-related diseases in the rural areas of Romania

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