The presentation of newly-diagnosed diabetic patients in Uganda

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We assessed the clinical characteristics of newly-diagnosed diabetic patients presenting to the Mulago Hospital Diabetic Clinic for the first time between 1 January 1993 and 10 August 1994. There were 252 patients: 117 men and 135 women. Mean age at onset of diabetes was 45 years (range 2–87 years) and peak incidence was at 40–49 years. Body mass index (BMI) was available in only 71 patients, of whom 53.5% (33.8% female, 19.7% male) were overweight (BMI > 25 in women, in > 27 men) and 11.3% (8.5% men, 2.8% women) were underweight (BMI 150/100) in 27.3%, impotence in 22.2% of the men, proteinuria in 17.1 %, ischaemic heart disease in 4.8%, foot ulcers in 4.0% and cataracts in 3.2%. Insulin was the most commonly prescribed treatment (52.8%); 31% of patients received oral hypoglycaemic agents, only 15.1 % were managed on diet only, and 1.2% opted for herbal medicine.

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