Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: Progradient course of diabetes mellitus as well as inevitable onset and progression of its late complications having polyorganic character, causing polymorbidity and high mortality of the patients underlie medical–social significance of the problem.

Materials and methods: We examined 784 persons (36% men and 64% women, mean age 53 and 51 years respectively) at high risk of diabetes mellitus onset and progression being screened in 5 locations in Tashkent. The examinees filled up a questionnaire, having their anthropometric parameters, such as, height, weight, waist and hip circumference, assessed and blood taken for measurement of glycemia by means of glucometer.

Results: Random examination helps detecting type 2 diabetes mellitus in 26 persons (4.3%), mean level of glycemia being quite high (8.9 mmol/l). Analysis of enquiring demonstrated that 87% of the examinees were aware of diabetes: 5.8 and 24% of them got information at work and from the media, respectively, 47 and 10.2% being respectively informed by relatives and a physician. Among persons with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, the disease is an inherited burden in 53%. Despite available information, the missed cases of hyperglycemia and diabetes in the population indicate lack of awareness and insufficient knowledge about DM.

Conclusions: In the course of random examination hyperglycemia incidence in the adult population of Tashkent (>17 years of age) was found to be 1.4%; type 2 diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 4.3% of the examinees to serve as the evidence for insufficiency of measures in DM diagnosis. Analysis of enquiring demonstrated inherited burden in 53%, 87% of the examinees being informed about the disease by their relatives (47%) and coworkers (24%). To increase early DM diagnosis awareness the measures should be more adequate.