The epidemiology of diabetes in the Waikato region: an analysis of primary care data
| Autor: | Ross Lawrenson, Ryan G. Paul, Lynne Chepulis, Rawiri Keenan, Brittany Morison, Chunhuan Lao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Blood Glucose
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 44-54 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1172-6156 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus is common in primary care, yet little has been reported of its primary care prevalence or the clinical characteristics of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). AIM To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and clinical characteristics of diabetes patients in primary care in the Waikato region. METHODS Primary care data were extracted from the electronic records of 15 general practices for patients aged >20 years with current diabetes mellitus at 20 June 2017. Diabetes mellitus was defined as having a glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) of ≥50 mmol/mol (6.7%) or having being dispensed two or more anti-diabetic medications in the previous 12 months. Additional data collected included patients’ ethnicity, age, sex and years since diagnosis. RESULTS The overall prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 5.7% and was higher for Māori (8.6%), Asian (7.0%) and Pacific peoples (9.1%) than Europeans (5.0%; all P |
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