The Prevalence of Diabetes in Elderly People
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Diabetic Medicine
- Vol. 8 (1) , 28-31
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-5491.1991.tb01512.x
Abstract
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus was investigated in a sample of people aged 65 to 85 years, using a modified oral glucose tolerance test and 1985 WHO criteria. Of the sample of 861, 52 had previously been diagnosed diabetic; 583 consented to be tested and 19 were diabetic. The prevalence of previously diagnosed diabetes was 6.0 (95% CI 4.3 to 8.1)%, and the prevalence of previously undiagnosed diabetes was 3.3 (95% CI 2.0 to 5.0)%. The high prevalence of previously diagnosed diabetes might be due to the longstanding community diabetes care in the area studiedKeywords
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