Abstract
Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high or low level of glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action or both. The objective of this study is to model time-to-first recovery of adult diabetic patients using Cox Proportional Hazards model. A retrospective data was obtained from Jimma University Specialized Hospital diabetic patient clinic whose age 18 years and under treatments in between September 2010 and August 2013 are included in the study. Time of fasting blood sugar level to reach the first normal range, 70-130 mg/dl of blood were the response variable. Cox Proportional Hazard model were used. Types of diabetic, bodyweight at baseline, fasting blood sugar at baseline, sex and age of patients are significantly associated with time to first recovery of diabetic patients. These variables are important factors that should be considered during the selection phase a treatment (combination of treatments) for diabetes.
Highlights
Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high or low level of glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action or both
The data consists of 544 patients aged equal to or above 18 years old and placed under treatments that have followed between 1st September 2010 and 30th August 2013 at Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH) were included to find out their time to first recovery in to normal blood sugar level
More men than women are in diabetes; 69.42 per cent compared with 30.58 percent in those with type-I diabetes and 63.12 percent compared with 36.88 percent in those with type-II diabetes this is consistent with Diabetic Mellitus (DM) in state of UK (2011/12)
Summary
Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high or low level of glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action or both. Diabetes is becoming one of the rapidly increasing non-communicable diseases and an important public health problem all over the world. The number of people with type 2 diabetes is increasing in every country. 80% of people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries. The greatest number of people with diabetes is between 40 and 59 years of age. The prevalence of diabetes in Ethiopia for 20-79 age groups in 2013 is 4.89, Uganda 4.8 [3]. Recommended blood sugar for people with diabetes (according to the WHO) before meals plasma glucose levels within a narrow range 70-130 mg/dl (milligram per deciliter). Males tend to recover faster than the female and the less or non-educated controlled the disease better than the educated ones [4]
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