Madagascar is a geographically isolated country considered a biodiversity hotspot with unique genomics. Both the low-income and the geographical isolation represent risk factors for the development of diabetes. During a humanitarian health campaign conducted in Ambanja, a rural city in the northern part of Madagascar, we identified 42 adult subjects with diabetes and compared their features to 24 randomly enrolled healthy controls. 42.9% (n = 18) of diabetic subjects showed HbA1c values ≥ 9.0%. Unexpectedly, waist circumference and BMI were similar in people with diabetes and controls. Different from the healthy controls, diabetic subjects showed a low prevalence of obesity (5.7% versus 30%, p = 0.02). Accordingly, we found a high prevalence of autoimmune diabetes as 12% of people with diabetes showed positivity for the autoantibody against glutamic acid decarboxylase. Diabetic subjects with positive autoantibody had higher HbA1c values (11.3 ± 4.1% versus 8.3 ± 2.6%, p = 0.03) compared to diabetic subjects with negative autoantibody. In conclusion, here we describe the presence of diabetes and its features in a rural area of Northern Madagascar, documenting poor glycaemic control and a high prevalence of autoimmune diabetes. These data highlight that the diabetes epidemic involves every corner of the world possibly with different patterns and features.

High Prevalence of Autoimmune Diabetes and Poor Glycaemic Control among Adults in Madagascar: A Brief Report from a Humanitarian Health Campaign in Ambanja / Maddaloni, Ernesto; Pastore, Giovanlorenzo; Del Buono, Marco Giuseppe; Porcari, Aldostefano; Fittipaldi, Mario; Garilli, Francesco; Tiberti, Claudio; Angeletti, Silvia; Pozzilli, Paolo; Mottini, Giovanni; Napoli, Nicola. - In: JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH. - ISSN 2314-6745. - 2017:(2017), p. 3860674. [10.1155/2017/3860674]

High Prevalence of Autoimmune Diabetes and Poor Glycaemic Control among Adults in Madagascar: A Brief Report from a Humanitarian Health Campaign in Ambanja

Maddaloni, Ernesto
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Tiberti, Claudio;Pozzilli, Paolo;
2017

Abstract

Madagascar is a geographically isolated country considered a biodiversity hotspot with unique genomics. Both the low-income and the geographical isolation represent risk factors for the development of diabetes. During a humanitarian health campaign conducted in Ambanja, a rural city in the northern part of Madagascar, we identified 42 adult subjects with diabetes and compared their features to 24 randomly enrolled healthy controls. 42.9% (n = 18) of diabetic subjects showed HbA1c values ≥ 9.0%. Unexpectedly, waist circumference and BMI were similar in people with diabetes and controls. Different from the healthy controls, diabetic subjects showed a low prevalence of obesity (5.7% versus 30%, p = 0.02). Accordingly, we found a high prevalence of autoimmune diabetes as 12% of people with diabetes showed positivity for the autoantibody against glutamic acid decarboxylase. Diabetic subjects with positive autoantibody had higher HbA1c values (11.3 ± 4.1% versus 8.3 ± 2.6%, p = 0.03) compared to diabetic subjects with negative autoantibody. In conclusion, here we describe the presence of diabetes and its features in a rural area of Northern Madagascar, documenting poor glycaemic control and a high prevalence of autoimmune diabetes. These data highlight that the diabetes epidemic involves every corner of the world possibly with different patterns and features.
2017
Aged; Autoantibodies; Autoimmune Diseases; Blood Glucose; Body Mass Index; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Female; Glucose Tolerance Test; Glutamate Decarboxylase; Glycated Hemoglobin A; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Madagascar; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Rural Health
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High Prevalence of Autoimmune Diabetes and Poor Glycaemic Control among Adults in Madagascar: A Brief Report from a Humanitarian Health Campaign in Ambanja / Maddaloni, Ernesto; Pastore, Giovanlorenzo; Del Buono, Marco Giuseppe; Porcari, Aldostefano; Fittipaldi, Mario; Garilli, Francesco; Tiberti, Claudio; Angeletti, Silvia; Pozzilli, Paolo; Mottini, Giovanni; Napoli, Nicola. - In: JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH. - ISSN 2314-6745. - 2017:(2017), p. 3860674. [10.1155/2017/3860674]
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