A. B. M. Swai|Janet Lutale|D.G. McLarty
Diabetes in tropical Africa: a prospective study, 1981-7. I. Characteristics of newly presenting patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1981-7.
study clinical characteristics newly diagnosed diabetic patients tropical africaprospective study newly diagnosed diabetic patients registered major urban hospital 1 june 1981 31 may 1987muhimbili medical centre dar es salaam tanzania1250 patients 874 men 376 women272 218 patients diabetes requiring insulin 825 660 diabetes requiring insulin 153 122 diabetes uncertain type patients 1103 882 presented classic symptoms diabetes peak time presentation diabetic patients requiring insulin age 15 19 years male manual workers peasant farmers diabetes requiring insulin presented significantly older age lower body mass index sedentary office workers forty six 181 patients requiring insulin diabetes 111 144 requiring insulin first degree relative diabetes twenty seven per cent patients underweight body mass index less 20 kgm2 146 obese body mass index greater 30 kgm2 hypertension diagnosed 211 267 791 patients requiring insulin nine 33 requiring insulin may protein deficient type diabetes related malnutrition fibrocalculous variety diabetes related malnutrition observednewly presenting diabetic patients tanzania diabetes requiring insulin older presentation britain diabetic patients present diabetes requiring insulin smaller proportion tanzanian patients obese lower socioeconomic state diabetic patients britain often delays diagnosis tanzania higher incidence death shortly presentation