The Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in a Rural Community in Iraq
| Autor: | Ahmed M. B. Alkafajei, Fouad M K Al-Kasab, Sami H Medbigh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Rural Population education.field_of_study Adolescent Traditional medicine Rural community Epidemiology business.industry Population General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Diabetes mellitus Environmental health Iraq Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans Female Rural area education business Rural population Aged |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Epidemiology. 8:69-71 |
| ISSN: | 1464-3685 0300-5771 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ije/8.1.69 |
| Popis: | A survey was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a rural community in Iraq. Blood-sugar estimations after glucose-loading were performed on a sample of a village population 15 + years. 4.8% had diabetes and a majority of them had symptoms referable to their diabetic state. Diabetes was totally unknown among this rural population before the survey. |
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