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Four Million Nigerians Have Diabetes Mellitus Type 2-Study Reveals

https://www.africanbase.com.ng/2017/05/four-million-nigerians-have-diabetes.html

It has been revealed by a study that more than 4 million Nigerians
have Diabetes type 2.

Over four million Nigerians are living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a chronic condition that affects the metabolism of glucose in the body, a study has said.

The study, led by researchers at the Covenant University, Ota, noted that 4.7 million Nigerians between the ages of 20-79 years were living with the condition. The study was published by the British
Medical Journal

According to the lead researcher, Dr Davies Adeloye, more Nigerians will be affected by the condition unless stakeholders put in place effective public health responses and strategies for higher public awareness. He also advocated for lifestyle changes which include healthy diets and physical activity. The study noted that 40 per cent of people with type 2 diabetes were undiagnosed and that deaths occurred for one in five diabetes patients admitted to the hospital, with complications from the disease. These complications can affect the heart, kidney, brain, eyes, blood vessels and nerves.

"Over the last 30 years, type 2 diabetes has increased by 440 per cent to 4.7 million cases – or 5.7 per cent of all Nigerians. This rate is up to three times higher than the neighbouring countries of Cote d'Ivoire (2.3 per cent), Ghana (1.9 per cent), and Senegal (1.8 per cent).[b] "The last nationwide survey
of non-communicable diseases in Nigeria was conducted in 1997. Most findings reported on type 2 diabetes mellitus in Nigeria since then have been based on modelled estimates from neighbouring countries with relatively more detailed data on the disease. We have therefore systematically synthesised the best evidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus across all geo-political zones in
Nigeria to guide relevant evidence-based public health and policy response in the health sector."

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