Objective To understand the prevalence and epidemiological features of diabetes mellitus (DM ) in Nan′an district of Chongqing ,and to investigate the relationship between blood glucose with various factors of sex ,age and body mass index(BMI) to provide the basis for prevention and treatment of DM .Methods Take the local resident population as the investigation object ,By u-sing the epidemiological investigation method of random sampling ,the native permanent residents were taken as the respondents ,the epidemiological survey including the general conditions (gender ,age ,occupation and nationality ) ,height ,weight ,waist circumfer-ence ,waistline ,blood pressure ,heredity family history ,environmental factors ,personal dietary habits and social psychological factors was performed .Results Among 10 932 permanent residents ,DM was found in 447 cases ,the prevalence rate was 4 .09% ,in which the prevalence rate of females was significantly higher than that of males ;the prevalence rate of DM showed an upward trend with the age increase ;the incidence rate of DM in the obesity population was obviously higher than that in the normal population .The people with smoking history ,hypertension ,dyslipidemia have higher incidence rate than the common populations .Conclusion DM is a disease closely related with the factors of sex ,age ,obesity ,smoking ,hypertension and dyslipidemia .Early intervention control has important significance .

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the availability and equipment of antidiabetic drugs in public hospitals from Shaanxi prov-ince. METHODS:Using a standardized methodology developed by WHO and Health Action International,the availability and equipping rate of the most common oral antidiabitic drugs were investigated and evaluated in public hospitals of Shaanxi province. RESULTS:The availability and equipping rate of tertiary hospitals and secondary hospitals were all higher than those of community health service centers. Among generic drugs,the availability of metformin was the highest (94.4%),and those of glibenclamide and repaglinide were the lowest(5.6%). Among original drugs,the availability of acarbose was the highest(68.1%). The equip-ping rate of original drugs was higher than that of generic drugs. The equipping rate of generic drugs(25.0%)was higher than that of original drugs(12.5%)in community health service center,but the equipping rates of generic drugs and original drugs were in low level. CONCLUSIONS:General hospitals (especially tertiary hospitals) have high equipping rate of original antidiabetic drugs,the community health services have low availability and equipping rate. Comprehensive measures should be taken to im-prove the availability of drugs in primary medical institutions and ensure drug use of chronic disease patients in primary hospitals.

The stable quality of Chinese herbal medicines is a critical factor for their reliable clinical efficiency. An improved liquid-liquid extraction procedure and a liquid chromatographic method were developed to simultaneously analyze five anthraquinones (aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol and physcion) in a Chinese traditional hospital preparation, Fuyankang mixture, in order to quantitatively control its quality in a more effective way.