Epidemiological study of diabetes mellitus DM among different ethnic segments of population in Pakistan: A nationwide ethnographapical study
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics (IJRPP) - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It has been estimated that the number of people with diabetes mellitus will greatly increase in the upcoming years. This prevalence has been projected to be greatest in the region of South Asia although several developing countries have reported a rise in the patients suffering from this disease as well. Methods A cross sectional survey was conducted in health care settings of various cities of Pakistan for 8 months i.e. March 2013 to October 2013. It targeted patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus with probability sampling technique. The survey employed descriptive statistics, cross tabulation, chi square test and epidemiological calculations of relative risks RR and prevalence rate PR. Results Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in adult population above 25 years was found to be 0.74 with RR of 1.4938. Type 2 DM was observed at a PR of 0.72 with RR of 1.4444. The Sindhi race of Urdu speaking origin was seen to be suffering from the disease for most part (28%), followed by Punjabi race (27%) and Sindhi race of Sindhi speakers (20%). The gender of patient and phenotype of DM were associated. (P value <0.05). Conclusion Diabetes Mellitus is emerging as a serious threat in Pakistan. There is an urgent need of establishing preventive and management programs to counter this rising disease.
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Mehwish Rizvi
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