A follow-up of 93 newly diagnosed African diabetics for 6 years
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Diabetologia
- Vol. 18 (2) , 121-123
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00290487
Abstract
In 1971, 107 newly diagnosed black diabetics admitted to Harare Central Hospital, Rhodesia, were studied. Nine died before discharge. In 1977, 93 of the 98 patients discharged alive were traced but of these 38 (41%) had since died. Of 18 autopsies performed the cause of death was hypoglycaemia in 8 patients and hyperglycaemia in 4. Seven factors were associated with a poor prognosis: male sex, age, alcohol consumption, low body mass, high serum globulin in males, low serum albumin in females and referral to other than the teaching hospital diabetic clinic for follow up care.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Diabetes mellitus in Rhodesia: a comparative studyPublished by Oxford University Press (OUP) ,1974
- Alcohol: a cause of diabetes in Rhodesia.1974
- Effect of Time on the Prevalence of Diabetes in the Urban African of RhodesiaDiabetes, 1973
- Oral Glucose Tolerance and Related Factors in a Normal Population Sample--II. Interrelationship of Glycerides, Cholesterol, and other Factors with the Glucose and Insulin ResponseBMJ, 1969
- An Investigation into the Mortality of DiabeticsJournal of the Institute of Actuaries, 1965
- Prognosis in DiabetesMedical Clinics of North America, 1965
- Diagnostic Classification of DiabetesBMJ, 1964
- Immunoassay of insulin with insulin-antibody precipitateBiochemical Journal, 1963