Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Prediabetes in Dalseong-gun, Daegu City, Korea.
10.4093/dmj.2011.35.3.255
- Author:
Jung Eun LEE
1
;
Sung Chang JUNG
;
Gui Hwa JUNG
;
Sung Woo HA
;
Bo Wan KIM
;
Shung Chull CHAE
;
Wee Hyun PARK
;
Ji Sun LIM
;
Jin Hoon YANG
;
Sin KAM
;
Byung Yeol CHUN
;
Jong Yeon KIM
;
Jung Jeung LEE
;
Kyeong Soo LEE
;
Moon Young AHN
;
Young Ae KIM
;
Jung Guk KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gumi Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Gumi, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Epidemiology;
Prediabetic state
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Fasting;
Glucose;
Glucose Tolerance Test;
Health Promotion;
Health Surveys;
Humans;
Korea;
Plasma;
Prediabetic State;
Prevalence
- From:Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
2011;35(3):255-263
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to determine the population-based prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes in a rural district of Daegu City, Korea. METHODS: Between August and November 2003, a community-based health survey of adults aged 20 years and older was performed in the rural district of Dalseong-gun in Daegu City. A total of 1,806 of all eligible individuals agreed to participate. Fasting plasma glucose was measured in all participants. Two hour oral glucose tolerance was measured in the 1,773 participants for whom there was neither an established diagnosis of DM nor evidence of DM according to fasting glucose levels. The prevalence of DM and prediabetes was determined according to the 2003 criteria of the American Diabetes Association. Subjects with prediabetes were classified into one of three categories of glucose intolerance: isolated impaired fasting glucose (IFG); isolated impaired glucose tolerance (IGT); or combined IFG and IGT. RESULTS: The prevalence of DM was 12.2%. The highest prevalence rates were observed in subjects in their seventies. A total of 34.7% of all subjects who were assigned a diagnosis of DM in the present study had not been diagnosed previously. The prevalence of prediabetes was 22.7%. The highest prevalence rates were observed in subjects in their fifties. CONCLUSION: The present study identified prevalence rates of 12.2% for DM (age-standardized prevalence rate [ASR], 6.8%), and 22.7% for prediabetes (ASR 18.5%). These results emphasize the need for community health promotion strategies to prevent or delay the onset of DM in individuals with prediabetes.
