Korean J Med.
2002 Jun;62(6):633-641.
The prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus in people of Hope Village
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea. hdyoon@cuth.cataegu.ac.kr
- 2National Cancer Center, Korea.
Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Recently, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Korea is rapidly increasing. It is known that this increase is related with the change of environmental factors. We performed study to determine the prevalence of diabetes and to investigate their risk factors in Hope Village taking in low socio-economic people.
METHODS
Total 1,425 subjects (905 men and 520 women) aged over 20 years in Daegu city Hope Village were venipunctured after overnight fasting to measure plasma glucose level and interviewed about their past medical and social history. We also collected standard anthropometric data. All the data were analyzed by SPSS 9.0 program.
RESULTS
The prevalence of diabetes by using the revised new American Diabetes Association criteria was 13.5% (male=10.1%, female=19.4%) and the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose was 11.3% (male=8.7%, female=15.8%). It was observed that the significant factors associated with diabetes were age, sex, serum triglyceride level, systolic blood pressure.
CONCLUSION
The prevalence of diabetes in Hope Village was relative higher than that of the previous suggested population based studies in Yonchon County and Jungup District. But the risk factors of newly diagnosed diabetes were similar with those of the previous studies.
