Problemy e̊ndokrinologii
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Problemy e̊ndokrinologii · May 1984
[Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and disordered glucose tolerance in persons of working age (a 1-step population study)].
Representative, accidentally selected men and women, living in one of the Moscow regions, were examined, comprising in total 2468 persons: 1225 males and 1243 females. An analysis of the data obtained has shown that the real diabetes mellitus prevalence among persons of 20 to 69 years old is 1.64 to 4.01 times as high as that of registered patients, being 2.01 times as high in females and having several age-sex specific features.