Incidence, prevalence and @entity301 risk level in known @entity164 2 XXXX : a sentinel practice network study in the Basque Country, Spain.

@entity1 @entity101 @entity6 @entity301 @entity28 @entity164 @entity165
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, prevalence and @entity301 risk in @entity1 with known @entity164 2 (non-insulin-dependent) @entity6 mellitus in a Basque Country sentinel practice network study. METHODS: During the year 2000 we did a survey among sentinel practitioners who registered information about previously and newly diagnosed @entity164 2 @entity6 @entity1 older than 24 years of age. We studied 65,651 @entity1 attending a primary care service in the Basque Country Health Service-Osakidetza. We collected information about @entity6 complications and cardiovascular risk factors and measured the @entity301 risk in these @entity1 . RESULTS: In the year 2000, the standardized cumulative incidence and prevalence of known @entity164 2 @entity6 were 5.0 per 1000 (CI 95%: 4.9-5.1) and 4.6% (CI 95%: 4.5-4.7) respectively. Macroangiopathy was the most frequent complication both in the newly diagnosed (21.6%) and previously known @entity164 2 @entity6 @entity1 (33%). Total @entity165 > or =5.17 mmol/l and LDL @entity165 > or =2.58 mmol/l were found in 75% and 90% of newly diagnosed and 65% and 85% of previously diagnosed @entity164 2 @entity6 @entity1 respectively. Of the @entity164 2 @entity6 @entity1 42% were @entity28 and 80% had @entity101 . More than 55% of the @entity1 compared with 44% of the @entity1 with @entity164 2 @entity6 had high or very high risk of @entity301 (p<0.05). CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION: We report new epidemiological data on known @entity164 2 @entity6 in the Basque Country. These @entity1 have a high frequency of cardiovascular risk factors causing a high @entity301 risk.
