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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-1-7
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| pubmed:abstractText |
We studied 1513 employees (910 men and 603 women) from a public utility company and a regional hospital to document the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in the Chinese working population of Hong Kong using a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test and World Health Organisation (1985) criteria. The overall prevalence of DM was 4.5 (95% confidence interval: 3.5-5.7%) and that of IGT 7.3 (6.0-8.6%). The prevalence of DM was 5.1 (3.7-6.5%) in men and 3.6 (2.1-5.1%) in women, while that of IGT was 7.4 (5.7-6.5%) in men and 7.1 (5.1-9.1%) in women. The truncated age-adjusted rate of DM for age 30-64 is 7.7% which is comparable to the age-adjusted prevalence rates among Chinese living in Singapore and Mauritius but in marked contrast to the low prevalence rate in Chinese living in Mainland China. Among the diabetic subjects, 38.2% had been previously diagnosed and 32% gave a family history affecting at least one first degree relative. Using polychotomous logistic regression analysis, the independent predictive factors for the development of DM include age (t = 7.31, P < 0.001), family history (t = 5.1, P < 0.001), waist hip ratio (t = 4.05, P < 0.001) and body mass index (t = 4.62, P < 0.001). Our data further confirm that Hong Kong Chinese have a moderate to high susceptibility to non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM) when exposed to sufficient environmental and lifestyle factors. The high prevalence of IGT indicates a potential for the prevalence of DM to continue to rise unless effective preventive measures are implemented.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jul
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| pubmed:issn |
0168-8227
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
21
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
67-73
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-China,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Diabetes Mellitus,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Glucose Intolerance,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Glucose Tolerance Test,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Hong Kong,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:8253025-World Health Organization
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| pubmed:year |
1993
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance among Hong Kong Chinese adults of working age.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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