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The Dundee Prevalence Study of Insulin‐treated Diabetes; Intervals Between Diagnosis and Start of Insulin Therapy
Author(s) -
Waugh N.R.,
Jung R.T.,
Newton R.W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1989.tb01178.x
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin , diabetes mellitus , population , metabolic control analysis , endocrinology , environmental health
A population‐based survey of the prevalence of insulin‐treated diabetes mellitus in the Dundee area showed a crude prevalence of 0.34%, but analysis by interval between diagnosis of diabetes and start of insulin shows that around a third of patients started insulin therapy more than 1 month after diagnosis. This suggests that the prevalence of insulin‐dependent diabetes is around 0.2% of the population, with the other patients being those with non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes who need insulin for metabolic control, though there is an intermediate zone where classification is difficult. There is a male excess. The proportion of true insulin‐dependent diabetes falls with age of onset, but around 50% of such patients have an onset over the age of 30 years.