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 Journal Article
@article{Tentolouris2018-xd,
title = {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},
author = {Anastasios Tentolouris and Ioanna Eleftheriadou and Kostas Athanasakis and John Kyriopoulos and Diamantis I Tsilimigras and Pinelopi Grigoropoulou and John Doupis and Nikolaos Tentolouris},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-05-01},
journal = {Hellenic J Cardiol},
volume = {61},
number = {1},
pages = {15--22},
address = {Netherlands},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common metabolic
disorder that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by two
to four times compared 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 as well as cardiac and other main comorbidities
in a representative sample of the adult Greek population.
METHODS: The target study population included 30,843 participants
stratified by gender, age, and district, and this was a
representative sample of the adult Greek population in 2010. A
structured questionnaire was built to report the prevalence of
self-reported DM and the main comorbidities in participants with
and without DM. Collection of data was performed through
telephone interviews. RESULTS: The prevalence of self-reported DM
was 6.6%. The prevalence of the main comorbidities in
participants with DM vs. those without DM was as follows: heart
diseases 24.0% vs. 8.9%, p<0.001; lung diseases 11.3% vs. 5.3%, p<0.001; kidney diseases 3.4% vs. 1.2},
keywords = {Comorbidities; Diabetes mellitus; General population; Heart disease; Prevalence},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common metabolic
disorder that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by two
to four times compared 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 as well as cardiac and other main comorbidities
in a representative sample of the adult Greek population.
METHODS: The target study population included 30,843 participants
stratified by gender, age, and district, and this was a
representative sample of the adult Greek population in 2010. A
structured questionnaire was built to report the prevalence of
self-reported DM and the main comorbidities in participants with
and without DM. Collection of data was performed through
telephone interviews. RESULTS: The prevalence of self-reported DM
was 6.6%. The prevalence of the main comorbidities in
participants with DM vs. those without DM was as follows: heart
diseases 24.0% vs. 8.9%, p<0.001; lung diseases 11.3% vs. 5.3%, p<0.001; kidney diseases 3.4% vs. 1.2