Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its risk factors in urban communities of north Sudan: Population-based study 北苏丹城市人群中的糖尿病患病率及其危险因素:基于人群的研究

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• 作者：Wadie M. Elmadhoun ; Sufian K. Noor ; Abd Alaziz A. Ibrahim ; Sarra O. Bushara and Mohamed H. Ahmed
• 刊名：Journal of Diabetes
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：6
• 页码：839-846
• 全文大小：307K
• ISSN：1753-0407

文摘

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major health problem in Africa and worldwide. The prevalence of diabetes is expected to increase at alarming rate in Africa. Its estimated that around 20 million Africans are now living with diabetes, comprising a challenge for health systems at present and in the future. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of undiagnosed and diagnosed DM and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in adult urban communities of the River Nile State (RNS), north Sudan.