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© 1979 Oxford University Press

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The Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in a Rural Community in Iraq

FOUAD M K AL-KASAB, Lecturer1, AHMED M B ALKAFAJEI, Lecturer and Head of the Department of Public Health2 and SAMI H MEDBIGH, Tutor3

1 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Basrah-Iraq
2 Preventive & Social Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Basrah-Iraq
3 Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Basrah-Iraq

A survey was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a rural community in Iraq. Blood-sugar estimations after glucose-loading were performed on a sample of a village population 15+ years. 4.8% had diabetes and a majority of them had symptoms referable to their diabetic state. Diabetes was totally unknown among this rural population before the survey.

Received 11 December 1978


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