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DIABETES MELLITUS IN THE TORRES STRAIT REGION
Author(s) -
Duffy P.,
Morris H.,
Neilson G.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135996.x
Subject(s) - thursday , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , medicine , demography , population , prevalence , disease , epidemiology , endocrinology , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , sociology
A study of the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the predominantly Melanesian population of the Torres Strait region indicated a rate of 19% in the outer island area and a rate of 13% in the Thursday Island and Bamaga areas. The disease, predominantly of the mature‐onset type, was not sex dependent except in subjects over the age of 50 years, in whom there was a significantly greater prevalence amongst females. A positive correlation between blood or plasma glucose levels and blood pressure was found.