<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Bihor is a county in north-western Romania with a population of approximately 600000. One <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_inmed-2018-0003_ref_005_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1ab1ab5Aa">(5)</xref> study performed at the beginning of this decade addressing diabetes epidemiology in Romania demonstrated a high prevalence of diabetes in Bihor, the cause being the obesity <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_inmed-2018-0003_ref_001_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1ab1ab1Aa">(1)</xref> epidemics as consequence of inadequate diet (high lipid content, refined sugars) and physical inactivity. Our study demonstrates the increasing prevalence (4.71% in 2011 vs. 5.24% in 2016) of diabetes in the county. Also by analyzing different epidemiological parameters we determined the profile of the newly diagnosed diabetes patient in Bihor including only the patients diagnosed in 2016 and 2017. The newly diagnosed diabetic patient is more often female than male (52.78% vs. 47.22%), from urban environment (51.84% vs 48.16%), belongs to the age group 47-65 years (57.35%), is obese (54.47%) is affected by hypertension (70.65%), dyslipidemia (72.3%), is smoker in 23.56% of cases and sedentary in 30.50% of cases.</abstract>

Bihor is a county in north-western Romania with a population of approximately 600000. One (5) study performed at the beginning of this decade addressing diabetes epidemiology in Romania demonstrated a high prevalence of diabetes in Bihor, the cause being the obesity (1) epidemics as consequence of inadequate diet (high lipid content, refined sugars) and physical inactivity. Our study demonstrates the increasing prevalence (4.71% in 2011 vs. 5.24% in 2016) of diabetes in the county. Also by analyzing different epidemiological parameters we determined the profile of the newly diagnosed diabetes patient in Bihor including only the patients diagnosed in 2016 and 2017. The newly diagnosed diabetic patient is more often female than male (52.78% vs. 47.22%), from urban environment (51.84% vs 48.16%), belongs to the age group 47-65 years (57.35%), is obese (54.47%) is affected by hypertension (70.65%), dyslipidemia (72.3%), is smoker in 23.56% of cases and sedentary in 30.50% of cases.

Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Bihor County Between 2016 and 2017 Demographic Indicators, Classification, Complications, Cardio Metabolic Risk Factors and Treatment

Clinical County Emergency Hospital of Oradea

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Oradea

Internal Medicine

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Bihor is a county in north-western Romania with a population of approximately 600000. One (5) study performed at the beginning of this decade addressing...

Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Bihor County Between 2016 and 2017 Demographic Indicators, Classification, Complications, Cardio Metabolic Risk Factors and Treatment

Published Online: Mar 24, 2018

Page range: 25 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2018-0003

Keywords
diabetes epidemiology, cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes patients

© 2018 Vesa Cosmin Mihai et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Bihor County Between 2016 and 2017 Demographic Indicators, Classification, Complications, Cardio Metabolic Risk Factors and Treatment

Published Online: Mar 24, 2018

Page range: 25 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2018-0003

Keywordsdiabetes epidemiology, cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes patients

© 2018 Vesa Cosmin Mihai et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
diabetes epidemiology, cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes patients