Prevalence of diabetes in the Republic of Ireland: results from the National Health Survey (SLAN) 2007

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dc.contributor.authorBalanda, Kevin P.
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Claire M.
dc.contributor.authorBarron, Steve J.
dc.contributor.authorFahy, Lorraine E.
dc.contributor.authorMadden, Jamie M.
dc.contributor.authorHarrington, Janas M.
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.authorKearney, Patricia M.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Health, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-04T15:16:18Z
dc.date.available2014-04-04T15:16:18Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-16
dc.date.updated2013-11-28T14:37:29Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Current estimates of diabetes prevalence in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) are based on UK epidemiological studies. This study uses Irish data to describe the prevalence of doctor-diagnosed diabetes amongst all adults aged 18+ years and undiagnosed diabetes amongst those aged 45+ years. Methods: The survey of lifestyle attitudes and nutrition (SLAN) 2007 is based on a nationally representative sample of Irish adults aged 18+ years (n = 10,364). Self-reported doctor-diagnosed diabetes was recorded for respondents in the full sample. Diabetes medication use, measured height and weight, and non-fasting blood samples were variously recorded in sub-samples of younger (n = 967) and older (n = 1,207) respondents. Results: The prevalence of doctor-diagnosed diabetes amongst adults aged 18+ years was 3.5% (95% CI 3.1% - 3.9%). After adjustment for other explanatory variables; the risk of self-reported doctor-diagnosed diabetes was significantly related to age (p < 0.0001), employment status (p = 0.0003) and obesity (p = 0.0003). Amongst adults aged 45+ years, the prevalence of doctor-diagnosed diabetes was 8.9% (95% CI 7.3% -10.5%) and undiagnosed diabetes was 2.8% (95% CI 1.4% - 4.1%). This represented 31.2% of diabetes cases in this age group. Conclusion: Notwithstanding methodological differences, these prevalence estimates are consistent with those in the UK and France. However, the percentage of undiagnosed cases amongst adults aged 45+ years appears to be higher in the RoI. Increased efforts to improve early detection and population level interventions to address adverse diet and lifestyle factors are urgently needed.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationBALANDA, K. P., BUCKLEY, C. M., BARRON, S. J., FAHY, L. E., MADDEN, J. M., HARRINGTON, J. M., PERRY, I. J. & KEARNEY, P. M. 2013. Prevalence of Diabetes in the Republic of Ireland: Results from the National Health Survey (SLAN) 2007. PLoS ONE, 8, e78406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078406en
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0078406
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issued10en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePlos Oneen
dc.identifier.startpagee78406en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/1509
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dc.rights© 2013 Balanda et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectAdultsen
dc.subjectBody mass indexen
dc.subjectDiabetes mellitusen
dc.subjectEmploymenten
dc.subjectHealth surveyen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectObesityen
dc.titlePrevalence of diabetes in the Republic of Ireland: results from the National Health Survey (SLAN) 2007en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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