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The Prevalence of Diabetes in Elderly People
Author(s) -
Croxson S.C.M.,
Burden A.C.,
Bodington M.,
Botha J.L.
Publication year - 1991
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.1464-5491.1991.tb01512.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , pediatrics , gerontology , endocrinology
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus was investigated in a sample of people aged 65 to 85 years, using a modified oral glucose tolerance test and 1985 WHO criteria. Of the sample of 861, 52 had previously been diagnosed diabetic; 583 consented to be tested and 19 were diabetic. The prevalence of previously diagnosed diabetes was 6.0 (95% CI 4.3 to 8.1)%, and the prevalence of previously undiagnosed diabetes was 3.3 (95% CI 2.0 to 5.0)%. The high prevalence of previously diagnosed diabetes might be due to the longstanding community diabetes care in the area studied