The Dundee prevalence study of insulin-treated diabetes; intervals between diagnosis and start of insulin therapy

A population-based survey of the prevalence of insulin-treated diabetes mellitus in the Dundee area showed a crude prevalence of 0.34%, but analysis by interval between diagnosis of diabetes and start of insulin shows that around a third of patients started insulin therapy more than 1 month after di...

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Published inDiabetic medicine Vol. 6; no. 4; p. 346
Main Authors Waugh, N R, Jung, R T, Newton, R W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.05.1989
Subjects
Age Factors
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Insulin - therapeutic use
Male
Registries
Scotland
Sex Factors
Time Factors
Scotland
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Summary:A population-based survey of the prevalence of insulin-treated diabetes mellitus in the Dundee area showed a crude prevalence of 0.34%, but analysis by interval between diagnosis of diabetes and start of insulin shows that around a third of patients started insulin therapy more than 1 month after diagnosis. This suggests that the prevalence of insulin-dependent diabetes is around 0.2% of the population, with the other patients being those with non-insulin-dependent diabetes who need insulin for metabolic control, though there is an intermediate zone where classification is difficult. There is a male excess. The proportion of true insulin-dependent diabetes falls with age of onset, but around 50% of such patients have an onset over the age of 30 years.
ISSN:0742-3071
DOI:10.1111/j.1464-5491.1989.tb01178.x