Abstract
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes is an increasing disease throughout the whole world and especially among the Indo-asian population. The reason for this is explained by the change of lifestyle, with more energy dense food and sedentary lifestyle, and also a genetic disposition of developing type 2 diabetes which is stronger among the Indo-asians compared to the Caucasians.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe a random selected population of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh and to compare some of their characteristics with a control group from the same area.
METHOD AND MATERIAL: We spent 4 weeks at BIRDEM in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collecting information from the patient record sheets, all patients diagnosed within the last 12 months. The collected data were analysed in SPSS.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The patient population had significant increased BMI, waist-hip-ratio, systolic and diastolic blood pressure compared to the control group. The average age when diagnosed was low compared to the European population. There was a higher proportion of women than men. FBG and OGTT were high at the time of diagnosis. They tend to have a sedentary lifestyle. A large proportion have known diabetes in their family.