Frequency, types and determinants of degenerative complications of type 2 diabetes in Morocco: "EpiDiaM" cohort inclusion data/Frequence, types et determinants des complications degeneratives du diabete de type 2 au Maroc: donnees d'inclusion de la cohorte EpiDiaM

Degenerative complications as a result of diabetes impose a heavy disease burden and increase mortality. This study presents epidemiological and clinical profiles of diabetic patients in the EpiDiaM cohort study, which include 1196 diabetic cases recruited from the basic health care network in the city of Fez. The mean age of the participants was 57.5 (SD 10.4) years with 47.1% aged between 50 and 60 years. The majority (77.7%) were women. The mean duration of diabetes was 8 (SD 6.6) years. Hypertension was found in 49.3% of the cohort, 77.9% were overweight or obese and 63.8% had one or more complications. Among those with complications, retinopathy was the most common (69.4%), followed by heart conditions (50.8%), neuropathy (45.6%) and renal disease (4.8 %). The high prevalence of complications emphasizes the need to address the avoidable risk factors and prevent complications. [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] Le diabete est une maladie a lourde charge de morbidite et de mortalite liees aux complications degeneratives. La presente etude presente le profil epidemiologique et clinique des patients diabetiques inclus dans l'etude de cohorte >, qui portait sur 1196 cas recrutes au niveau du reseau de soins de sante de base de la ville de Fes. L'age moyen des participants etait de 57,5 (ET 10,4) ans. Dans 47,1 % des cas, les patients etaient ages entre 50 et 60 ans. La majorite (77,7 %) etait des femmes. L'anciennete moyenne du diabete etait de 8 (ET 6,6) ans. L'hypertension etait presente chez 49,3 % des patients alors que 77,9 % etaient en surpoids ou obeses ; 63,8 % des patients souffraient de complications. Chez ces derniers, la retinopathie etait la complication la plus frequente (69,4 %), suivie par la cardiopathie (50,8 %), la neuropathie (45,6 %) et la nephropathie (4,8 %). La forte prevalence des complications souligne la necessite d'agir sur les facteurs de risque evitables et de prevenir les complications.