| ABSTRACT Objective:To investigate the prevalence, characteristics and drug use of type 2 diabetes and therapy in Huizhou patients, and to provide a scientific basis for the prevention of type 2 diabetes. Methods:Using a stratified sampling to choose the population of the study. Everyone filled in a questionnaire and was tested the fasting blood glucose, postprandial 2 h blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).Results:401 people were chosen in the study. The overall prevalence of diabetes was estimated to be 6.23%, 274 patients (95 of them had already defined before the test). 65.33% of the defined people was newly diagnosed, among patients with diabetes, no medication or standard medication accounted for a large proportion of patients, more patients with oral medication. Conclusion:The prevalence of type 2 diabetes of Huizhou was lower than that ofnation. Traditional culture seriously impacted most type 2 diabetes patients’herapy. |
