HIGH PREVALENCE OF DIABETES-MELLITUS AND IMPAIRED GLUCOSE-TOLERANCE IN THE SULTANATE-OF-OMAN - RESULTS OF THE 1991 NATIONAL SURVEY

Authors
ASFOUR MG LAMBOURNE A SOLIMAN A ALBEHLANI S ALASFOOR D BOLD A MAHTAB H KING H
Citation
Mg. Asfour et al., HIGH PREVALENCE OF DIABETES-MELLITUS AND IMPAIRED GLUCOSE-TOLERANCE IN THE SULTANATE-OF-OMAN - RESULTS OF THE 1991 NATIONAL SURVEY, Diabetic medicine, 12(12), 1995, pp. 1122-1125
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Diabetic medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07423071
Volume
12
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1122 - 1125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-3071(1995)12:12<1122:HPODAI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A national survey of glucose intolerance and cardiovascular disease ri sk factors in Oman has demonstrated a high prevalence of diabetes (10% ) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT, 13% in females and 8% in males) . Prevalence of diabetes rose with age to a maximum of over 30% in bot h sexes. Prevalence of total glucose intolerance (diabetes and IGT com bined) exceeded 50% in the seventh (females) and eighth (males) decade of life.