| Autor: |
Nour Homoud Alanazi,, Mahmoud Mohammed Alsharif, Ghazala Rasool, Ahmed Bin Hashash Alruwaili, Asem Matrouk Zayed Alrowaili, Ahmed Saud Aldaghmi, Mohammad Khalil Dughaieum Al Shkra, Fatimah Awadh Alrasheedi, Ghadah Saleem Alenezi, Mona Theyab Alanazi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Electronic Physician, Vol 9, Iss 9, Pp 5294-5297 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2008-5842 |
| DOI: |
10.19082/5294 |
| Popis: |
Background: The prevalence of diabetes in Saudi Arabia has increased dramatically during the last decades. This increase has been attributed to significant changes in cultural and socio-economic factors. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of diabetes and its relation with age and sex in Turaif city, northern Saudi Arabia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out during the academic year 2016-2017 over a period of 6 months (October 01, 2016 to March 30, 2017). A total of 1,287 Saudi national individuals of both sexes, aged from 1 year to more than 65 years were included in the study. Data were collected by a predesigned questionnaire covering medical history of diabetes, age and sex. Results: Mean age (± SD) was 24.29 (±13.96) years with the minimum age at 1 year and the maximum age at 93 years, male to female ratio was 42.5% to 57.5%. The total prevalence of DM among the studied population was 5.8% and pre-diabetic cases were 6.8%. There were significant relationships between age/sex, and the occurrence of diabetes among the studied population (p |
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