An Epidemiologic Study on the Prevalence of Diabetes, Glucose Intolerance, and Metabolic Syndrome in the Adult Population of the Republic of Cyprus
- Theodoros Loizou, MD1,
- Stavros Pouloukas, PHD2,
- Charalambos Tountas, MD3,
- Anastasia Thanopoulou, MD3 and
- Vasilios Karamanos, MD3
- 1Nicosia Diabetes Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2Department of Computer Science, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 3Diabetes Centre, Department of Internal Medicine, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Address correspondence to Theodoros Loizou, MD, Griva Digeni 48, Nicosia 1080, Cyprus. E-mail: dorosloizou{at}yahoo.com
The study was conducted in Cyprus (November 2003 through January 2005). Stratified random sampling was used to select 1,200 individuals aged 20–80 years (from a total population of 477,000). In all subjects, anthropometrical measurements were taken, fasting lipids were measured, eating habits were evaluated according to a standardized questionnaire, and an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed (except in known diabetic patients).
In the absence of OGTT-diagnosed diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting glucose (IFG) was defined by fasting plasma glucose ≥110 mg/dl and <126 mg/dl, whereas “new” IFG was …
