Estimation of the prevalence of orally treated diabetes in France using a pharmacoepidemiologic approach: comparison between 1981 and 1992
✍ Scribed by F. Vauzelle-Kervroëdan; A. Forhan; D. Guillemot; C. Sermet; P. Maison; B. Balkau; E. Eschwège
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1053-8569
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✦ Synopsis
Purpose Ð Non-insulin-dependent diabetes may become a public health problem in the next decade, given the increasing life expectancy of populations and because the baby-boom generation will reach the age at risk. Moreover a modi®cation of the diagnostic criteria may increase the number of diabetic patients. We studied the evolution of diabetes prevalence.
Methods Ð A non-speci®c household survey, performed every 10 years was used. Patients who bought an oral antidiabetic drug during these studies were classi®ed as diabetics.
Results Ð In 1980±81 and 1991±92 the crude diabetes prevalences were not signi®cantly dierent even if there was a trend to increase (1.27% and 1.41%, respectively). When the 1980±81 prevalence was standardized to the age distribution of the 1991±92 sample, the trend disappeared ( prevalence 1980± 81 : 1.35%).
Conclusion Ð There was no increase in an individual's risk of diabetes. However the crude prevalence tended to increase because of the changing age structure of the population. On-going studies are needed to follow the prevalence of diabetes during the next decade.