Comparison of the incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in childhood among five Baltic populations during 1983-1988.

We have carried out a comparison of the incidence of childhood onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) between five populations around the Baltic Sea. These were Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The risk of IDDM is highest in the world in Finland and also very high in Sweden, on the western and northern side of the Baltic Sea.

Comparison of incidence of IDDM in childhood between Estonia and Finland, 1980-1988.

Objective: To compare nationwide incidence of childhood insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in children aged 0-14 yr between Estonia and Finland during 1980-1988. For Estonia, which has a population genetically and linguistically related to Finland, only limited information was available. Finland has the highest incidence of IDDM in the world.

Incidence and prevalence of type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in Estonia in 1988.

The objective of this study was to determine the incidence and prevalence of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in Estonia in different sex and age groups. The data collection was based on a centralized retrospective registration of all cases of Type 1 diabetes nationwide using the records of all hospitals and polyclinics where diabetic patients are treated. In 1988, 35 new cases of Type 1 diabetes were diagnosed among children aged 0-14 years (10.

[Immunoreactive insulin level in the blood and the blast transformation reaction to insulin and the pancreatic tissue at the initial stages of diabetes mellitus].

The following was examined in 60 adult persons with normal weight and obesity: insulin level during the glucose tolerance test and lymphocyte sensitization to insulin and the pancreas tissue. An increased insulin level both on fasting stomach and after glucose tolerance was noted in obese persons. A delayed elevation of insulin level, particularly in combination of obesity with deranged glucose tolerance was often seen.

[Study of glucose tolerance disorder in women with a complicated obstetrical anamnesis].

The authors examined selectively 849 women with complicated obstetrical anamnesis in the past and at random 636 women with the aid of the glucose tolerance test (GTT). The incidence of pathological GTT among women with various types of pathology of pregnancy (24%) was greater than in the control group (16.9%).