Prevalence and screening for risk factors of type 2 diabetes in Rize, Nourtheast Turkey: findings from a population-based study

Cevık A. B., Karaaslan M., Koçan S., Pekmezcı H., Şahin S., Kırbas A., ...More

PRIMARY CARE DIABETES, vol.10, pp.10-18, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.pcd.2015.06.002
  • Journal Name: PRIMARY CARE DIABETES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.10-18
  • Keywords: Screening, Prevalence, Risk factors, Diabetes, Turkey, METABOLIC SYNDROME, RENAL-DISEASE, LIFE-STYLE, HYPERTENSION, QUESTIONNAIRE, MELLITUS, SCORE
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aims: We aimed to determine the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, risk factors affecting the healthy population, and factors that increase diabetes risk in the adult northeast Turkish population.