Epidemiological study and analysis of diabetes in armed police officers

    Mayinuer, LI Wei, CHENG Weiª²Feng, SUN Shiª²An

    Department of Internal Medicine (3), General Hospital of Xinjiang Armed Police Forces, Urumuqi 830091, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: In order to survey the incidence of diabetes in the armed police officers and to provide the basis of prevention and treatment of diabetes. METHODS: After 12-14 h fasting of the previous night, testees ate a 100 g steamed bread at a certain time and the capillary glucose was detected with oneª²touch II type blood sugar apparatus 2 h after. The plasma sugars on empty stomach and 2 h after taking the sugar (83 g glucose per 300 mL water) were further detected in those, whose blood sugars¡Ý6.7 mmol/L in the primary examination. RESULTS: The prevalence rate was 6.3% in the testees and the tolerance of sugar decreased to 4.3%. Both the prevalence rate and the tolerance of sugar tended to increase with the age, increasing rapidly after 35 years old and reaching the peak among the age group of ¡Ý65. CONCLUSION: The incidence of diabetes in the armed police officers stationed in Urumuqi mounts up rapidly among those over 35 years old, younger than before. The incidence rate of diabetes and the low tolerance of sugar are positively correlated to the physique indexes. The incidence rate of diabetes is high among those who are less frequently engaged in physical labor but low among those who have a better education. The newly diagnosed patients in our testees are fewer than the civilians in the city of Urumuqi, suggesting that the integrated medical care system and the annual routing physical checkup for the armed police officers are necessary for the early diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes. ......