抄録
Screening test for diabetes was carried out in the tuberculous inpatients in 23 tubercuious sanatoria in Kyushu district, and obtained following results.
The procedure of screening test for diabetes was tested with Tes-tape. The urine sample obtained 2 hours after breakfast was tested for 3 days. Blood sugar was estimated in the 2nd examination only for the patients with positive results 3 times continuously, and judged based on the standard of our group.
Thes screening were 3 times, (i. e. the 1st screening April 1965, the 2nd screening December 1965, the 3rd screening July 1966. ) The Beta in this report presented the result of the 3rd screening. Out of 6065, 15% of male and 7.6% of female (12.7% in average) were positive more than once. And 7.4% of male and 4.4% of female (6.1% in average) were positive 3 times continuously. The diabetic patients totalled 222 (3.7%), including 157 of male (4.1%) and 65 of female (2.9%). These percentages are slightly higher than those of the 1st screening which were 3.1, % in average, but as same as those of the 2nd which were 3.7%.
The newly discovered patients by this screening test were 51.0% in average, including 54.8% of male and 41.6% of female.
It is supposed that the percentage of diabetic patients is considerably high, if undiscovered diabetic patients were added to the patients discovered by the examinations on admission.
