LIU Da-mei, et al. Attack rate of diabetes mellitus is significantly high in adults,born in 1960(intermediate stage of famine times). [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(12):1712-1714(2009)
LIU Da-mei, et al. Attack rate of diabetes mellitus is significantly high in adults,born in 1960(intermediate stage of famine times). [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(12):1712-1714(2009)DOI:
Attack rate of diabetes mellitus is significantly high in adults,born in 1960(intermediate stage of famine times)
Objective:To examine the association between food shortage and malnutrition in earlier life and diabetes mellitus in adulthood
to provide evidence for formulation of the strategy for preventing diabetes mellitus.Methods:The data of medical examination center(MEC)of a certain hospital in Chongqing was gathered.People born during the period of 1959 to 1964 were enrolled in the research.The study group was born from 1959 to 1960.The control group was born from 1962 to 1964.The attack rate and distribution of diabetes mellitus between two groups were compared by retrospective study.Results:The mean level of blood glucose was significantly higher in the 1960 group than that in non-famine group(P<0.05).The attack rate of diabetes mellitus was significantly higher in famine group than that in non-famine group(P<0.05).The highest mean of blood glucose was in 1960 group
accouting for 4.55%.Compared with the people who were born in 1962~1964
the standardization relative rates of 1959
1960 and 1961 groups were 3.33
3.48 and 3.45
respectively.Conclusion:Higher risk of diabetes mellitus was caused by food shortage and malnutrition in fetal stage.