Pakistan National Diabetes Survey: Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated factors in the Punjab Province of Pakistan
Received 21 July 2009; received in revised form 16 September 2009; accepted 8 January 2010. published online 11 February 2010.
Abstract
Aims
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and their relationship to age and obesity were estimated in Punjab, Pakistan by a population-based survey done in 1998.
Methods
Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed in a stratified random sample of 1852 adults aged ≥25 years. The diagnosis of diabetes and IGT were made on the basis of WHO criteria.
Results
The prevalence of diabetes was 12.14% in males and 9.83% in females. Overall total glucose intolerance (diabetes and IGT) was present in 16.68% males and 19.37% females. Central obesity, hypertension and positive family history were strongly associated with diabetes.
Conclusions
These results indicate that the prevalence of glucose intolerance is high in the studied population and comparable with the published data from the other three provinces of Pakistan i.e. Sindh, Baluchistan and North West Frontier Province, studied by the same group.
aWHO Collaborating Centre, Diabetic Association of Pakistan, 5-E/3, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
bDepartment of Medicine, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
cResearch Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
dDepartment of International Health, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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