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dc.contributor.authorPinidiyapathirage, MJ
dc.contributor.authorKasturiratne, A
dc.contributor.authorRanawaka, UK
dc.contributor.authorGunasekara, D
dc.contributor.authorWijekoon, N
dc.contributor.authorMedagoda, K
dc.contributor.authorPerera, S
dc.contributor.authorTakeuchi, F
dc.contributor.authorKato, N
dc.contributor.authorWarnakulasuriya, T
dc.contributor.authorWickremasinghe, AR
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T22:19:11Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T22:19:11Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn0742-3071
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/dme.12013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/396400
dc.description.abstractAims: To describe the burden of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in middle-aged residents (35-64 years) in an urban area of Sri Lanka. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Ragama Medical Officer of Health area, from which 2986 participants (1349 men and 1637 women) were randomly selected from the electoral registry between January and December 2007. The participants underwent a physical examination and had their height, weight, waist and hip circumferences and blood pressure measured by trained personnel. Fasting blood samples were taken for measurement of glucose, HbA1c and lipids. The prevalence of diabetes (fasting plasma glucose > 7 mmol/l) and impaired fasting glycaemia (fasting plasma glucose 5.6-6.9 mmol/l) and major predictors of diabetes in Sri Lanka were estimated from the population-based data. Results: Age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes mellitus in this urban population was 20.3% in men and 19.8% in women. Through the present screening, 263 patients with diabetes and 1262 with impaired fasting glucose levels were identified. The prevalence of newly detected diabetes was 35.7% of all patients with diabetes. Among patients with diabetes, only 23.8% were optimally controlled. In the regression models, high BMI, high waist circumference, high blood pressure and hypercholesterolaemia increased the fasting plasma glucose concentration, independent of age, sex and a family history of diabetes. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate the heavy burden of diabetes in this urban population. Short- and long-term control strategies are required, not only for optimal therapy among those affected, but also for nationwide primary prevention of diabetes.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom326
dc.relation.ispartofpageto332
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDiabetic Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsEndocrinology & Metabolism
dc.subject.keywordsHIGH PREVALENCE
dc.titleThe burden of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in an urban population of Sri Lanka
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPinidiyapathirage, MJ; Kasturiratne, A; Ranawaka, UK; Gunasekara, D; Wijekoon, N; Medagoda, K; Perera, S; Takeuchi, F; Kato, N; Warnakulasuriya, T; Wickremasinghe, AR, The burden of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in an urban population of Sri Lanka, Diabetic Medicine, 2013, 30 (3), pp. 326-332
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-09-16
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-08-11T01:31:52Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2012 The Authors. Diabetic Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorPinidiyapathirage, Janani


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