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. 1977 Apr;13(2):111-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF00745137.

The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus on a Central Pacific Island

P Zimmet, P Taft, A Guinea, W Guthrie, K Thoma

The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus on a Central Pacific Island

P Zimmet et al. Diabetologia. 1977 Apr.

Abstract

A diabetes prevalence study on an isolated urbanized Central Pacific Island has established a prevalence rate of 34.4% in individuals aged 15 years and over. Of these, 10.4% had previously known diabetes; in the others the diagnosis was made on the basis of a plasma glucose level of at least 160 mg/100 ml 2h after a 75 gm oral glucose load. A further 11.3% of the subjects had borderline diabetes as judged by a 2-h plasma glucose of between 140 and 159 mg/100 ml. Of the diabetics, 72% had a positive family history of diabetes. The high prevalence rate appears to be related to a number of factors including a diabetic genotype, urbanization, and obesity.

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