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Prevalence Of Type Two Diabetes Mellitus And Its Relation To Obesity And Socioeconomic state | ||
| KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-75 | ||
| Author | ||
| Haider Sobhi Al-Haddad M.B.Ch.B. MD. FICMS. CABM | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background : type two diabetes mellitus is a common disease with high consequen morbidity and mortality . Objective : to have an estimate of the distribution of the disease among adult people and to study its relation to obesity and socioeconomic state. Setting : Al- Hussein General Hospital Patients and Methods : A population based, random sample study, taking adult companions of patients attending the out-patient clinic in AL- Hussein General Hospital from November 2005 to October 2007. Patients who were already diabetics on treatment were included others were investigated for diagnosis of diabetes according to WHO definition. Results : the total number of patients studied were 1545 adult, males were 844 (54.6%), and females were 701 (45.4%). Their ages ranged from 25-85 years , the total number of diabetics were 162 (82 females and 80males). The prevalence adjusted for age and sex was 10.5%. the prevalence of overweight diabetics was (37.7%) and for obese diabetics (40.7%). The majority of diabetics (74.7%) were of low socioeconomic status. Conclusion : type two diabetes mellitus showed prevalence of (10.5%) among adult population. It was also concluded that majority of them(78.4%) are either overweight or obese, and most of them (74.7%) were having low socioeconomic status. | ||
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