The glycemic status of diabetes in an urban area of Cambodia

Chang Hee Jung; Kwang Joon Kim; Yun-Kyu Lee; Jin-Hyun Kwon; Byung Wan Lee; Hyuk-Sang Kwon; Joong-Yeol Park; Touch Khun; Bong-Yun Cha; Nam H Cho

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2014.02.008

The glycemic status of diabetes in an urban area of Cambodia

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2014 May;104(2):e34-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.02.008. Epub 2014 Feb 19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Cambodia Korean Twinning Project Member, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Cambodian Diabetes Association, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: bycha@catholic.ac.kr.
⁷ Department of Preventive Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: chnaha@ajou.ac.kr.

PMID: 24629411
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.02.008

Abstract

Recently the Korea Diabetes Association participated in the 'Cambodia-Korea Twinning Project' to help Cambodia establish its own modernized diabetes center and to raise awareness of the seriousness of diabetes. Here we report the status of diabetes in an urban area of Cambodia as obtained through this project.

Keywords: Cambodia; Diabetes mellitus; Korea.

MeSH terms

Blood Glucose / metabolism*
Cambodia / epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus / blood*
Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Blood Glucose