Akhtar Hussain, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Abul Kalam Azad Khan, S Ali et al.
AIMS: To describe differences in prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus with its associated risk factors between rural and urban populations in Bangladesh. Diagnostic criteria [fasting blood glucose (FBG) and oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT)] were compared and reviewed for both populations. METHO...
Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Akhtar Hussain, Abul Kalam Azad Khan, Mohammed Abu Sayeed et al.
The aim of the study was to determine the temporal changes in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated risk factors in a rural population of Bangladesh. A total of 4757 subjects age >/=20 years both male and female were enrolled randomly in a cross-sectional study in 1999. The s...
Akhtar Hussain, Stein Vaaler, Mohammed Abu Sayeed, Hajera Mahtab et al.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a fast expanding global health problem but more so in the developing countries. Therefore, it is of particular interest to study the epidemiological transition of the state and to identify the risk factors in order to recognize the extent of the problem. METHODS: A random sam...
Rahim Ma, Stein Vaaler, Keramat Ali Sm, Khan Ak et al.
This cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes along with its risk factors in urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A random sample of 1555 slum dwellers of Dhaka city (age > or = 20 years) were included in the study. Capillary blood glucose levels, fast...
MA Sayeed, Hajera Mahtab, P A Khanam, S M Keramat Ali et al.
The study was undertaken to compare the effect of ADA and WHO criteria for screening of diabetes mellitus (DM) and intermediate glucose abnormality (Impaired fasting glucose/Impaired glucose tolerance-IFG/IGT) and to explore an acceptable fasting cut-off in a population-based study. Ten suburb villa...
M.S.H Talukder, AKA Khan, S Ali, Stein Vaaler et al.
Introduction: Data on the internal consistency of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and 2 hrs-oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) are scarce despite of its importance both for research and treatment purposes. Methods: FBG and OGTT were performed on two consecutive days among the 218 (107 men and 111 women)...
M.S.H Talukder, AKA Khan, S Ali, Stein Vaaler et al.
Introduction: Data on the internal consistency of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and 2 hrs-oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) are scarce despite of its importance both for research and treatment purposes. Methods: FBG and OGTT were performed on two consecutive days among the 218 (107 men and 111 women)...
Akhtar Hussain, M.S.H Talukder, A. K. Azad Khan, S Ali et al.