OBJECTIVES To study the influence of different diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and characteristics of those diagnosed. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective analysis of data from the general-practice-based Australian Diabetes Screening Study (January 1994 to June 1995). PARTICIPANTS 5911 people with no previous diagnosis of diabetes, two or more symptoms or risk factor...

OBJECTIVE To examine differences in food habits among Native Americans with and without diabetes. DESIGN A cross-sectional epidemiological study in which participants underwent a physical examination and answered an extensive interviewer-administered questionnaire to assess differences in food servings, preparation and eating habits. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS Participants aged >/=25 years were r...

To identify optimal cut-off points of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) for two-step strategy in screening abnormal glucose metabolism and estimating prevalence in general Chinese population. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 7913 people aged 20 to 74 years in Harbin. Diabetes and pre-diabetes were determined by fasting and 2 hour post-load glucose from the oral glucose toler...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the association of HbA1c-defined glycemic status and continuous HbA1c with all-cause mortality. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study population comprised 6,299 participants (aged 18-79 years) of the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998, who were followed up for mortality for an average of 11.6 years. Glycemic status was defined as known d...

conclusions the prevalence of undiagnosed ihd in the hd patients was considerable. we, therefore, suggest that ihd be assessed in hd patients, especially those at high risk due to positive family history of cad, hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, diabetes mellitus, kt/v < 1.2, low ferritin levels, and high levels of intact parathyroid hormone. results sixty-nine hd patients were studie...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and glucose intolerance in individuals > or =40 years of age who contacted their family physician for routine care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study used a stratified randomized selection of family physicians across Canada that was proportional to provincial and urban/rural populations based on Statistics Canada Census data (1996...

AIM This study assessed the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and a high risk for diabetes using glycated haemoglobin (HbA(1c)) values in middle-aged patients undergoing cataract surgery. METHODS The study comprised 137 consecutive patients, aged 40 to 65 years, with no known diabetes undergoing cataract surgery at a French national eye centre. Fasting glucose, obesity parameters, and vascul...