Diabetes mellitus in urban and rural communities in Papua New Guinea. Studies of prevalence and plasma insulin.

摘要: Oral glucose tolerance tests (75 g) in 185 urban residents of Port Moresby and 105 ethnically similar rural villagers showed that 15.8% had diabetes mellitus (two hour plasma > 11.0 mmol/l a total 22% were intolerant (plasma 9.0 mmol/l), compared with 1.0% 5.5% people. — Urban men women significantly fatter than people, but within each population was not related to weight or age, although the numbers old people studied small. Compared Australians Papua New Guinea subjects higher fasting insulin (16.5 vs 10.7 μU/ ml, p = < 0.05); independent studied. After load, levels positively correlated In contrast, for group relation best fitted quadratic function, decline at high glucose. The prevalence urbanised Melanesians appears other South Pacific countries.