Diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Kisantu, DR Congo: a cross-sectional prevalence study.

Objectives: To study the prevalence and risk markers of diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycaemia (IH) in Kisantu, a semirural town in Bas-Congo province, The Democratic Republic of Congo.

Design: A cross-sectional population-based survey.

Settings: A modified WHO STEPwise strategy was used.

Estimating prevalence of diabetes in a Congolese town was feasible.

Objectives: To study prevalence, determinants, and complications at diagnosis of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycemia (IH) in Kisantu, a semirural town in Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Study Design And Setting: A large-scale analytical cross-sectional population-based survey was performed in 2007 in Kisantu. After extensive sensitization, the study sample was collected using a modified World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise strategy, taking subsequently a random sample of streets, households within streets, and inhabitants aged 20 years and older within households.

[Albuminuria during the screening for diabetes in a semi-rural area (Kisantu City, DR Congo)].

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria, macroalbuminuria and renal insufficiency at the time of screening for diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in the semi-rural area of Kisantu/DR Congo, and to identify determinants of pathological urinary albumin excretion (UAE).

Methods: Step 1: diabetes (81 cases) and impaired fasting glucose (148 cases) tracking in the population (1898 subjects selected by a systematic survey). Step 2: urinary albumin and serum creatinine were measured and glomerular filtration rate was estimated (modification of the diet in renal disease [MDRD] equation).