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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in the Southern Cone of Latin America

To determine the prevalence, treatment and control of diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) as well as associated factors in the adult population of four cities of the Southern Cone of Latin America (SCLA). This is a cross-sectional population-based study that included 7407 adult...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-09, Vol.12 (9), p.e0183953-e0183953
Main Authors: Irazola, Vilma, Rubinstein, Adolfo, Bazzano, Lydia, Calandrelli, Matias, Chung-Shiuan, Chen, Elorriaga, Natalia, Gutierrez, Laura, Lanas, Fernando, Manfredi, Jose A, Mores, Nora, Olivera, Hector, Poggio, Rosana, Ponzo, Jacqueline, Seron, Pamela, He, Jiang
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Summary:To determine the prevalence, treatment and control of diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) as well as associated factors in the adult population of four cities of the Southern Cone of Latin America (SCLA). This is a cross-sectional population-based study that included 7407 adults between 35 and 74 years old in four cities of the SCLA: Temuco (Chile), Marcos Paz and Bariloche (Argentina), and Pando-Barros Blancos (Uruguay). DM was defined as fasting plasma glucose ≥126 mg/dL or self-reported history of diabetes. Awareness, treatment, and control of DM were defined as subjects self-reporting a DM previous diagnosis, the use of a prescription medication or nonpharmacological intervention for DM, and fasting plasma glucose
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0183953