Prevalence of diabetes mellitus as well as cardiac and other main comorbidities in a representative sample of the adult Greek population in comparison with the general population

摘要

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common metabolic disease and increases 2-4 times the risk of cardiovascular disease in comparison with the general population. There are limited data on the prevalence of heart diseases in subjects with DM in Greece. In this study, we examined the prevalence of self-reported DM and cardiac as well as other main comorbidities in a representative sample of the adult Greek population. The target study population included 30,843 habitants stratified by gender, age and district that was representative of the adult population of Greece in the year 2010. A structured questionnaire was built to report prevalence of self-reported DM and main comorbidities in people with and without DM. Collection of data was performed through phone interviews. Prevalence of self-reported DM was 6.6%. Prevalence of main comorbidities in people with DM vs. those without DM were as follows: heart diseases 24.0% vs. 8.9%, p0.001; lung diseases 11.3% vs. 5.3%, p0.001; kidney diseases 3.4% vs. 1.2%, p=0.001; liver diseases 1.4% vs. 0.7%, p=0.001; benign blood diseases 1.6% vs. 0.9%, p=0.005, and solid organ and/or blood malignancies 2.9% vs. 1.5%, p0.001. Prevalence of self-reported DM in a representative sample of the adult population in Greece in the year 2010 was 6.6%. Prevalence of heart diseases was 2.7-fold higher in subjects with DM as compared to those without DM. Diseases of the lung, kidney, liver, and blood as well as malignancies were significantly more common among people with DM. Copyright ? 2018 Hellenic Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.