The prevalence of diabetes in a high secure hospital. Details of 35 patients present in September 2001. Data are mean (SD), with the range in square brackets
| *See methods section for definition. | |
| †Refers to symptomatic neuropathy. | |
| ‡Drug treatment for hypertension or hyperlipidaemia. | |
| Characteristics of patients | |
| Number of patients | 35 |
| Number with mental illness | 27 |
| Number with a personality disorder | 8 |
| Age (years) | 48 (12) [range 28–78] |
| Sex | 29 (83%) male : 6 (17%) female |
| Duration of diabetes (years) | 4.7 (4.4) [0.2–16.0] |
| Duration of follow up (years) | 1.6 (0.5) [0.3–2.0] |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 31.9 (7.3) [19.0–55.0] |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| HbA1c (%) | 7.9 (1.6) [5.6–12.0] |
| Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5.2 (1.2) [3.2–8.4] |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 127 (16.6) [90–170) |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 76.6 (9.9) [50–102) |
| Obesity* | |
| Class 1 | 11, of which 3 female |
| Class 2 | 6, of which none female |
| Class 3 | 4, of which 3 female |
| Complications (values are numbers of patients) | |
| Retinopathy | 3 |
| Neuropathy† | 2 |
| Proteinuria | 2 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 2 |
| Coronary artery disease | 6 |
| Hypertension‡ | 9 |
| Hyperlipidaemia‡ | 16 |