caa a22 4500 465745334 CHVBK 20180323111819.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02581335 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02581335 Diabetes in the elderly: Remarks from an epidemiological study carried out in a town in south-eastern sicily (militello V.C.) [Elektronische Daten] [Antonio Lombardo, Giuseppe Oliva, Giovanni Scornavacca, Rossella Cacciola, Massimo Motta, Ivano Coppolino, Giuseppe Receputo] Summary: Longer mean life span and life expectancy of diabetics and increased factors that favor onset of type II diabetes have determined greater prevalence of diabetes in the elderly population. According to HANES II, it is 17% in the elderly in U.S.A. We carried out an epidemiological study on the over 65 year olds in Militello V.C. and examined 910 elderly subjects (72.05% of the total elderly population). All were tested for peripheral fasting blood glucose, body weight and height and filled out a questionnaire with general and diabetological questions. The values recommended by the NDDG were used to diagnose diabetes. One hundred and sixty-one diabetics (25 newly diagnosed) were observed (17.69%). Onset had occurred before age 65 (aged diabetics) in 72 cases and after 65 in 89 (senile diabetics). Mean blood glucose was 152.91±55.56 mg/dl. Our results indicated that sulfonylureas and/or biguanides are first choice treatment. By grouping the diabetics on the basis of age at onset and duration of disease, a fall in the number of cases treated with diet alone and hypoglycemic drugs and an increase in patients on insulin were seen in aged diabetics as the disease evolves. On the contrary, there was a rise in the number of senile diabetics on hypoglycemic drugs. Casa Editrice il Ponte, 1990 Aged diabetics nationallicence Biguanides nationallicence Peripheral blood glucose nationallicence Senile diabetics nationallicence Sulfonylureas nationallicence Type II diabetes mellitus nationallicence Lombardo Antonio Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut Oliva Giuseppe Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut Scornavacca Giovanni Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut Cacciola Rossella Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut Motta Massimo Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut Coppolino Ivano Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut Receputo Giuseppe Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut Acta diabetologia latina Springer-Verlag 27/3(1990-07-01), 231-242 0001-5563 27:3<231 1990 27 592 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02581335 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02581335 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lombardo Antonio Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oliva Giuseppe Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scornavacca Giovanni Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cacciola Rossella Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Motta Massimo Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Coppolino Ivano Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Receputo Giuseppe Istituto di Clinica di Gerontologia e Geriatria, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta diabetologia latina Springer-Verlag 27/3(1990-07-01), 231-242 0001-5563 27:3<231 1990 27 592 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer