PREVALENCE OF NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES AS PERCEIVED BY GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS IN FRANCE

A representative, random sample of French general practitioners, repor ted the number of diabetic patients they treated in their practices. T he resulting NIDDM prevalence rate for France was 1.71 % (SE +/- 0.03) compatible with the rates found in other studies. Prevalence rates fo r NIDDM were also calculated by region and a multivariate covariance m odel was used to correlate the prevalence with known risk factors. The three significant factors were I the quantity of wine consumed, the f emale/male sex ratio of people over 45 years of age, both positively c orrelated, and the consumption of animal fats, which was negatively co rrelated with NIDDM prevalence.