Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major public health problem worldwide. The epidemiology of DM has changed by new recommendations for the diagnosis of diabetes. Therefore, we designed this study with the objective to determine the prevalence of DM among Saudis of both sexes, between the ages of 20 - 70 years in rural as well as urban communities.

Results: The prevalence of DM was 62.5%; of them 37.94%men and 24.57%women. The prevalence of DM increased with age of patients over45 years 44.15%. DM was associated with various measures of adiposity. DM was also associated with and family history of diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and least with cardiovascular disease in both sexes.

Conclusion: The overall prevalence of DM in adults in KSA is 62.5%. With a desire of targeting high risk groups should be implemented for prevention of DM by organizing a national prevention program at community level. For practical and logistic reasons, the study population was drawn from the local primary health care centers’ catchment’s areas. The catchment’s population of each primary care center was taken as a cluster.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension

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