K Rockwood1, M Tan, S Phillips, I McDowell. 1. Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, 3 Dalhousie University, Halifax, 5955 Jubilee Road, Halifax, NS B3H 2EI, Canada. rockwood@is.dal.ca
Abstract
AIMS: to estimate the age-specific prevalence of diabetes mellitus in elderly people in Canada, and to examine the effect of method of ascertainment on the estimation of prevalence. METHOD: three measures of diabetes were used in a secondary analysis of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging--a 1991 nation-wide cross-sectional study of the prevalence of dementia in a sample of 10,263 elderly subjects (aged 65-106 years). RESULTS: of community-dwelling subjects, 10.3% reported diabetes. Supplementing this information with clinical reports and random plasma glucose measurements increased the prevalence to 12.0% in the community, 17.5% in institutions and 12.4% overall. CONCLUSION: diabetes is common in elderly people, although the prevalence falls in the very elderly. The method of ascertainment influences estimation of prevalence.
AIMS: to estimate the age-specific prevalence of diabetes mellitus in elderly people in Canada, and to examine the effect of method of ascertainment on the estimation of prevalence. METHOD: three measures of diabetes were used in a secondary analysis of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging--a 1991 nation-wide cross-sectional study of the prevalence of dementia in a sample of 10,263 elderly subjects (aged 65-106 years). RESULTS: of community-dwelling subjects, 10.3% reported diabetes. Supplementing this information with clinical reports and random plasma glucose measurements increased the prevalence to 12.0% in the community, 17.5% in institutions and 12.4% overall. CONCLUSION:diabetes is common in elderly people, although the prevalence falls in the very elderly. The method of ascertainment influences estimation of prevalence.
Authors: Steven W Howard; Stephanie Lazarus Bernell; Jennifer Wilmott; M Faizan Casim; Jing Wang; Lindsey Pearson; Caitlin M Byler; Zidong Zhang Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2015-10-08