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A window on the current status of diabetes mellitus in Singapore--the Diabcare-Singapore 1998 study.

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Lee, WR; Lim, HS; Thai, AC; Chew, WL; Emmanuel, S; Goh, LG; Lau, HC; Lee, CH; Soon, PC; Tambyah, JA; Tan, YT; Jorgensen, LN; Chua, A ...
Published in: Singapore medical journal
November 2001

The Diabcare-Singapore project was carried out in 22 clinics (general hospitals, GH and primary healthcare centres, PHC) to provide an overview of diabetes management and metabolic control status. Data from 1697 diabetic patients were collected on paper forms and analysed centrally.Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients constituted 91.4% and type I patients constituted 8.1% of population. The proportion of type I patients was greater in GH (18.1%) vs PHC (3.4%).The mean age (+/- SD) was 58.1 +/- 14.4 years and mean duration of diabetes was 10.1 +/- 7.5 years. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 25.1 +/- 4.4 kg/m2 and more than half (53%) of patients were overweight (BMI >25 kg/m2). Mean HbA1c and FBG levels were 8.0 (1.9% and 9.1 +/- 3.1 mmol/l. A total of 51% of patients had HbA1c (1% above the Upper Limits of Normal (ULN). Fasting blood glucose (FBG) was >7.8 mmol/l in 61% of patients. The majority (70%) had satisfactory levels of fasting lipids (triglycerides, total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol). Only 19.7% practised home blood glucose self-monitoring, while 99% reported receiving some diabetes education. Sixteen percent of patients had abnormal levels of protein (>500 mg/24 h) in the urine, 3% had elevated serum creatinine levels and 36% had microalbuminuria. Retinopathy (12%), cataract (16%) and neuropathy (12%) were commonly reported diabetic complications. The data revealed suboptimal glycaemic control in about half of patients studied.

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Singapore medical journal

ISSN

0037-5675

Publication Date

November 2001

Volume

42

Issue

11

Start / End Page

501 / 507

Location

singapore

Related Subject Headings

  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Lee, W. R., Lim, H. S., Thai, A. C., Chew, W. L., Emmanuel, S., Goh, L. G., … Singapore, D. S. O. (2001). A window on the current status of diabetes mellitus in Singapore--the Diabcare-Singapore 1998 study. Singapore Medical Journal, 42(11), 501–507.
Lee, W. R., H. S. Lim, A. C. Thai, W. L. Chew, S. Emmanuel, L. G. Goh, H. C. Lau, et al. “A window on the current status of diabetes mellitus in Singapore--the Diabcare-Singapore 1998 study.Singapore Medical Journal 42, no. 11 (November 2001): 501–7.
Lee WR, Lim HS, Thai AC, Chew WL, Emmanuel S, Goh LG, et al. A window on the current status of diabetes mellitus in Singapore--the Diabcare-Singapore 1998 study. Singapore medical journal. 2001 Nov;42(11):501–7.
Lee, W. R., et al. “A window on the current status of diabetes mellitus in Singapore--the Diabcare-Singapore 1998 study.Singapore Medical Journal, vol. 42, no. 11, Nov. 2001, pp. 501–07.
Lee WR, Lim HS, Thai AC, Chew WL, Emmanuel S, Goh LG, Lau HC, Lee CH, Soon PC, Tambyah JA, Tan YT, Jorgensen LN, Chua A, Yeo JP, Group DSLW, Singapore DSO. A window on the current status of diabetes mellitus in Singapore--the Diabcare-Singapore 1998 study. Singapore medical journal. 2001 Nov;42(11):501–507.

Published In

Singapore medical journal

ISSN

0037-5675

Publication Date

November 2001

Volume

42

Issue

11

Start / End Page

501 / 507

Location

singapore

Related Subject Headings

  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences