A Survey on the Rate of Glucose Intolerance in Hong Kong Chinese

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Impaired Fasting Glucose (IFG); Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT); Diabetes; Glucose Intolerance

Treatments: Other: observational: no treatment involved

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00787215

ADF-2008-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: There is a high rate of glucose intolerance among Hong Kong Chinese.

The investigators plan to screen Hong Kong Chinese from the community with oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The subjects will be referred from GP centers in the community and self-referred with public advertisement on this survey.

Enrollment: 3,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hong Kong Chinese without history of diabetes

Exclusion criteria

• known diabetic patients

Trial design

3,000 participants in 1 patient group

no treatment

Description:

observational: no treatment involved

Treatment:

Other: observational: no treatment involved