[Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the population of Kamchatka Province and its risk factors].

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Kamchatka newcomers in 26.7/1000 of the subjects examined (21 among males and 30.7 in females). The urban population is more often subjected to the risk of diabetes mellitus development (30/1000), than that of the rural locality (15/1000). Among the groups of different ages it is maximum in males, aged 50 to 59 years (48.6/1000), and in females, aged 40 to 49 years (59/1000), and is minimum in boys and girls, aged 15 to 19 years (5 and 5.3/1000, respectively). The highest indices of the distributed tolerance to glucose were seen in males, aged 50 to 59, 60 years and older (86.9 and 73.1/1000) and females, aged 50 to 59 years (68.5/1000), remaining sufficiently high in subjects, aged 40 to 49,60 years and older (33.4 and 46.2/1000). High indices of the disease prevalence are observed among office workers (5.2/1000 in males and 49.3/1000 in females) and not engaged subjects (29/1000 among males and 36/1000 among females). Cases of diabetes mellitus risk were adaptation period, (247), heredity (207), biliary (150) and hepatitis (122) diseases, overeating (104), cardiovascular diseases (97) for males, aged 50 to 59 years (48.6), and females, aged 40 to 49 years (59), arterial hypertension (36). Diabetes mellitus risk factors, i.e. the birth of large foetuses, cardiovascular diseases, age, an increased, carbohydrate content in the diet were noted in the native population. A scientific system of prophylactic measures has been developed on the base of the results obtained.