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World J Diabetes. Jul 15, 2017; 8(7): 351-357
Published online Jul 15, 2017. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v8.i7.351
Published online Jul 15, 2017. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v8.i7.351
Type 2 diabetes in a Senegalese rural area
Priscilla Duboz, UMI 3189 Environnement, Santé, Sociétés, CNRS/Université Cheikh Anta Diop/Université Gaston Berger/USTTB/CNRST, International Human-Environment Observatory Tessekere, Faculté de Médecine de Dakar, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Gilles Boëtsch, Lamine Gueye, Enguerran Macia, UMI 3189 Environnement, Santé, Sociétés, CNRS/Université Cheikh Anta Diop/Université Gaston Berger/USTTB/CNRST, Faculté de Médecine de Dakar, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Author contributions: Duboz P and Macia E designed the study; Duboz P wrote the analysis plan, conducted the literature review and analysis, and wrote the first draft manuscript; Boëtsch G, Gueye L and Macia E reviewed the draft manuscript, provided critical comments and suggested additional analyses; Duboz P finalized the manuscript, which was subsequently approved by all authors.
Supported by The French National Center of Scientific Research, Nos. CNRS, PEPS, ECOSAN, INEE.
Institutional review board statement: Ethic approval was provided by the Comité National d’Ethique pour la Recherche en Santé (Protocole SEN 13/67).
Informed consent statement: All patients gave informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: Data used in the present study were data files belonging to the CNRS. Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at priscilla.duboz@gmail.com. The data presented have been anonymized and risk of identification is low.
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Correspondence to: Priscilla Duboz, PhD, UMI 3189 Environnement, Santé, Sociétés, CNRS/Université Cheikh Anta Diop/Université Gaston Berger/USTTB/CNRST, International Human-Environment Observatory Tessekere, Faculté de Médecine de Dakar, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal. priscilla.duboz@gmail.com
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Received: September 12, 2016
Peer-review started: September 14, 2016
First decision: November 14, 2016
Revised: December 16, 2016
Accepted: January 16, 2017
Article in press: January 18, 2017
Published online: July 15, 2017
Peer-review started: September 14, 2016
First decision: November 14, 2016
Revised: December 16, 2016
Accepted: January 16, 2017
Article in press: January 18, 2017
Published online: July 15, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Our study is one of the first, to our knowledge, to estimate the prevalence of diabetes in a rural Senegalese area. In the Tessekere municipality, diabetes prevalence is 4.2%, and that of impaired fasting glucose is 6.6%, corresponding to the high range of prevalence observed in rural sub-Saharan Africa. In our population study, emerging risk factors such as depression and material well-being (identified mainly in developed countries) are not associated with diabetes, indicating that this epidemic is in the early stages in this region.