I've talked a lot about wealth here. What is another major social determinant of diabetes? #SDOH
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The main drivers? Interestingly, what we've found is that it's likely to be related largely to a change in the ethnicity of our population
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Something many doctors aren't aware of is that a variety of minority populations (such as people of SE Asian descent) may be at much higher risk of developing diabetes, and at a lower weight too
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Now on to some of my own work. Given that the estimated POPULATION prevalence of diabetes is ~9%, what would the prevalence IN HOSPITAL be?
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Another hint: this is a much sicker population of people than your general person
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So everyone seems to be going high - which is good. Our figures put the proportion at roughly 20%, which is similar across the country
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But this is different for different places in the hospital. For example, what's the prevalence in a cardiology ward?
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