Pakistan National Diabetes Survey: Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated factors in the Punjab Province of Pakistan

Shera, A. Samad; Basit, Abdul; Fawwad, Asher; Hakeem, Rubina; Ahmedani, Muhammad Yakoob; Hydrie, M. Zafar Iqbal; Khwaja, I.A.

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2010.01.003

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Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 79-83, July 2010

Pakistan National Diabetes Survey: Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated factors in the Punjab Province of Pakistan

A. Samad Shera
- WHO Collaborating Centre, Diabetic Association of Pakistan, 5-E/3, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +92 21 6616890; fax: +92 21 6680959.
Abdul Basit
- Department of Medicine, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
Asher Fawwad
- Research Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
Rubina Hakeem
- Research Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani
- Department of Medicine, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
M. Zafar Iqbal Hydrie
- Research Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
- Department of International Health, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
- Present address: WHO Collaborating Centre, Diabetic Association of Pakistan, 5-E/3, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan. Tel.: +92 21 6616890; fax: +92 21 6680959.
I.A. Khwaja
- WHO Collaborating Centre, Diabetic Association of Pakistan, 5-E/3, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, 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.

Keywords: Prevalence, Diabetes, Punjab, Pakistan