[The incidence of diabetes mellitus in Ulan-Ude]

The authors present the results of studying the diabetes mellitus morbidity and its incidence in Ulan-Ude. A total of 23,572 persons and 15 years and over were subjected to the glucose tolerance test. There were revealed 5.7 cases of diabetes mellitus per 1000 persons examined. Diabetes mellitus morbidity and its incidence increased with the advance of age. There were more diabetes mellitus cases among the female than among the male population. Excessive weight served as one of the factors of mediated influence of sex, age and social position on the incidence of diabetes mellitus.