Original paper
Incidence of unknown diabetes and prediabetes in population of Warmia and Mazury Region

Aim: Estimation of unknown diabetes in the Warmia and Mazury Region (W&MR). Materials and methods: A randomly selected group of subjects were interviewed about their age, sex, education and family history of cardio-vascular and diabetic problems in a questionnaire-based study; their incidental glycaemia was checked (in the case of abnormal results it was verified by fasting glycaemia or oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)); their arterial pressure, BMI and waist and hip measurements were taken.
Results: Out of 659 subjects (419 women, 240 men), aged on average 58±9.5 years, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) was found in 2%, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in 2,6% and diabetes mellitus (DM) in 1.7% of subjects. Arterial hypertension was observed significantly more often in subjects with impaired glycaemia – 85.36% vs 57.93%. No statistically significant relation was found between carbohydrate metabolism disorders and family history of diabetes.
Conclusions:
1. In the screening study in the W&M region unknown diabetes was diagnosed in 1.7%, IFG in 2% and IGT in 2,6% of subjects.
2. The results of the study show that screening for carbohydrate disorders is needed in patients of any age, in family doctors’ outpatient clinics.