Badaruddin A Memon, Khalid Bhatti.
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Sukkur region.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;41(1):19-2.

Four thousand three hundred sixty six (4366) blood samples from diverse individuals (males & females) of varying age groups were taken to screen out their glucose levels in fasting and random status. These individuals belonged to Sukkur region. Approximately 31% of the cases (both males and females) studied were found t6 have active diabetes, i.e., raised blood glucose level of individuals, whereas 8% of the cases studied were considered as at `diabetic risk group`. It was interesting to find out that age groups 30 and above were the major victims of diabetes mellitus. It was also observed that individuals hesitated to talk about their personal life, socioeconomic conditions, job-status, ancestral ailments, tension, anxiety etc. Some individuals opted for either fasting, postprandial or random glucose level, or both fasting and random blood glucose screening . Hence these hindrances made the task more difficult to find out the exact cause(s) and triggering factors of diabetes. It was also noted that there is a growing awareness of `diabetes` in both males and females by showing great interest for screening their blood glucose levels.

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