Diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Sri Lankan patients with schizophrenia

Prevalence of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance in patients with thalassemia major in Iran: A meta-analysis

Background: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in Iranian patients with thalassemia major. Methods: The current study has been conducted based on PRISMA guideline. To obtain the documents, Persian and English scientific databases such as Magiran, Iranmedex, SID, Medlib, IranDoc, Scopus, PubMed, Scien...

The validity of fasting blood glucose and post-prandial blood glucose measurement as an index of glycaemic control in Sri Lankan patients with type 2 diabetes.

Impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus in a suburban Sri Lankan community.

The prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus was studied in a suburban Sri Lankan community using 1985 WHO criteria. Oral 75 g glucose tolerance tests were performed on 633 subjects aged 30-64 years. The age-standardized prevalence rates for diabetes mellitus were 5.02 (95% CI 3.59-6.43) and impaired glucose tolerance 5.27 (95% CI 3.74-6.78). A total of 21% of diabetic pat...

The survey of abnormal glucose tolerance and insulin resistace and incidence of diabetes type 2 in poly cystic ovary syndrome patients in Shiraz

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most commen hyper androgenic disorders affecting women, its prevalence being estimated at 5% – 10%. Our goal was to survey abnormal glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and incidence of diabetes type 2 in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Materials and methods: This investigation is a descriptive – analytic study which is done to su...

Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and obesity: baseline findings of a population based survey in four provinces in Sri Lanka.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of selected cardiovascular risk factors in adult Sri Lankan population in four provinces. DESIGN Cross-sectional, based on a stratified cluster sampling method. SETTINGS Four provinces, namely the Western, North Central, Southern and Uva. PATIENTS Six thousand and forty seven participants (2692 men) between the age of 30 and 65 years were surveyed. ...