Investigation of the Occurrence of Abnormal Oral Glucose Tolerance (OGT) Level among People of Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia

Abstract

Diabetes is an important chronic disease both in terms of prevalence and associated morbidity and early mortality. Mortality rates in diabetics are two - to three-fold higher than those without diabetes, it is a large, growing and costly public health problem and over 50% of persons with prediabetes are detected only by Oral Glucose Tolerance (OGT) findings. One hundred and sixty-eight (168) subjects comprising of fifty-six (56) adult males and one hundred and twelve (112) adult females of Nasarawa State Polytechnic Lafia were used to assess the Occurrence of (IGT) by subjecting them to an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT).