Ina Danquah|George Bedu?Addo|Karl Johann Terpe|Frank B. Micah|Yaw Ampem Amoako|Yaw Asante Awuku|Ekkehart Dietz|Markus van der Giet|Joachim Spranger|Frank P. Mockenhaupt
Diabetes mellitus type 2 in urban Ghana: characteristics and associated factors
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin|Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin|Zimmer Biomet (Germany)|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
subsaharan africa faces rapid spread diabetes mellitus type 2 dm2 potentially specific characteristics inadequately defined hospitalbased study kumasi ghana aimed characterizing clinical anthropometric socioeconomic nutritional behavioural parameters dm2 patients identifying associated factorsbetween august 2007 june 2008 1466 individuals recruited diabetes hypertension clinics outpatients community hospital staff fasting plasma glucose fpg serum lipids urinary albumin measured physical examination anthropometry interviews medical history socioeconomic status ses physical activity nutritional behaviour performedthe majority 675 dm2 patients mean fpg 831 mmoll female 75 aged 4060 years mean 55 years dm2 known 97 patients almost medication many hypertension 63 microalbuminuria 43 diabetic complications occurred 20 overweight body mass index 25 kgm2 increased body fat 20 male 33 female central adiposity waisttohip ratio 090 male 085 female frequent occurring 53 56 75 respectively triglycerides increased 1695 mmoll 31 cholesterol 517 mmoll 65 illiteracy 46 high ses indicators generally low factors independently associated dm2 included diabetes family history adjusted odds ratio aor 38 95 confidence interval 95ci 2655 abdominal adiposity aor 26 95ci 1839 increased triglycerides aor 18 95ci 1130 also several indicators low sesin study urban ghana dm2 affects predominantly obese patients rather low socioeconomic status frequently accompanied hypertension hyperlipidaemia prevention management need account specific risk profile population