The factual status of diabetes mellitus – glucoza tolerant declining, related factors and hospital management status in Hanoi city
- Author:
Ta Van Binh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
diabetes mellitus, hospital management
- MeSH:
Diabetes Mellitus;
Glucose;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;471(1):51-54
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A survery was conducted on 1069 subjects aged 20- 74 years old(male 47%, female 53%) living in Ha Noi, concerning the diabetes status. Results showed no difference in term of genders but geographically, in urban areas the prevalence was 2 times higher than in the suburb. The number of diabetes patients of under secondary level were 21 times higher than the higher level. Among the hand worker, the prevalence was lower than in sedentary workers. The prevalence was also low in the intellectuals.
