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Table 2 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Indonesia

From: Challenges in diabetes management in Indonesia: a literature review

Prevalence of DM

Estimate

Study year

Sampling frame and sample

Study design

Diagnostic test and diagnostic criteria

Reference

19.6%, men 21.9%, women 18.2%, n = 97, N = 495

2008

Sampling frame: Suburban population of Ternate, a small remote island in Eastern Indonesia

Cross-sectional survey

Diagnostic test: FPG

[12]

Peak age group was 50–59 years old, followed by 40–49 years old, and 60–69 years old

Sample: 495 individuals, 187 (37.8%) men and 308 (62.2%) women, 20–84 years old

Criteria: ADA 1997 FBG (>126 mg/dl)

5.7%, 1.5% diagnosed, 4.2% undiagnosed 6.4% women, 4.9% men

Riskesdas 2007

Sampling frame: 33 provinces, urban areas

Cross-sectional survey

Diagnostic test: FPG and OGTT

[11, 16]

Sample: 24,417 urban residents, >15 years old and not pregnant

 

Criteria: WHO 1999 and ADA 2003 (> = 200 mg/dl)

1.7% (1982),

5.7% (1993), 12.8% (2001) in Jakarta1.5% (NA), 5.4% (NA) in Ujung Pandang, 6.1% in Mandado (1980s), 1.5% Bali (NA) East Java rural and urban areas, 1.47% (NA)

1980s, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2001

Sampling frame: Various urban and rural areas

NA

Diagnostic test: NA

Data from local unpublished studies, results reported in [14, 48] and unpublished observations from Soebardi 2011

Sample: NA

 

Criteria: NA

Rural area of Ende, found a much lower prevalence of 1.56% (NA)

Asymptomatic cases of diabetes

1997 population screening, 2000 clinical screening

Sampling frame: A group of government employees and retired military officers

Population screening and clinical screening

Diagnostic test: Population screening with OGTT. Clinical screening with FBG and OGTT

[9]

Population screening: 5.42%, n = 51 both sexes 7.42%, n = 21 women 4.6%, n = 30 men

Sample: Population screening: 941 (290 women, 651 men), clinical screening: 907 (483 women, 424 men)

Criteria: WHO 1999 criteria

Clinical screening: 17.08%, n = 155 both sexes, 16.14%, n = 78 women, 18.16%, n = 77 men

1.63%, n = 44, N = 2,704, 18 (40%) had previously been diagnosed but only 50% of them were on treatment, 1.8%, n = 23 men, 1.5%, n = 21 women

Study year: December 1981-June 1982

Sampling frame: Koja Utara subdistrict, Tanjungpriok, Northern Jakarta

NA

Diagnostic test: OGTT

[15]

Criteria: WHO 1980 criteria

Sample: 2,704, > = 15

Peak age was 55–64 for both men and women

0.2% (Semarang), 0.26% (Surabaya)

Study year: 1974, 1977, 1973-1977

Sampling frames: Cities of Semarang (1974), Surabaya (1977), one clinic (1973–1977)

NA

Diagnostic test: NA Criteria: NA

Review of previous study plus data from the authors’ clinic [13]

28 patients with insulin-dependent DM

Sample: 6–20 years old (Semarang, Surubaya), all children who attended the clinic between 1973–1988 aged between 1–15 years old (clinic)

  1. Notes: OGTT: Oral-glucose tolerance test; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose.